Fri, Apr 26
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Opera Basics with Oliver Prezant: La Traviata
Introducing the Santa Fe Opera’s 2024 Season. Join conductor and educator Oliver Prezant for a series of fun, informative talks on opera. These events are FREE. No reservation necessary. Seating is first come, first served.
Date, Time & Location
Apr 26, 2024, 5:30 PM MDT
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
Each talk will introduce you to opera basics while previewing one of the five operas of the Santa Fe Opera’s 2024 season. For more than 25 years, Oliver Prezant’s unique presentations have helped thousands of newcomers and established opera lovers deepen their experience of music and opera.
Learn all about the stories, the characters, the music and the text;
Explore the building blocks of opera and how they’ve changed over time;
Gain insight into how to listen to the singers and the orchestra;
Get tips on how to understand the sets, props, costumes, and lighting;
Learn about the composers and librettists;