Collected Works Bookstore hosts lecturer Desiree Mays and the Opera Briefings and Breakfast series for a presentation on Handel's Rodelinda.  The Metropolitan Opera simulcast presentation will follow at the Lensic Theater at 11am, with a rebroadcast at 6pm.  This event is co-sponsored by the Breakfast Lecture Team and Collected Works Bookstore with the cooperation of the Santa Fe Opera Guild. The charge for the lecture is $5; patrons are responsible for their choices from the extensive breakfast menu.  The Coffeehouse opens for breakfast at 8.00, with a 20% discount until 9.00.

Desiree Mays, author of the 2007 book Opera Unveiled: Carmen, Idomeneo, Ariadme auf Naxos, Countess Matitza, Dialogues of the Carmelites, will precis the plot and background of Handel's timeless Rodelinda.