Saturday Mornings at the Opera

Course description

If you missed the first session of this course in the fall, but would like to join this term’s classes, you are in luck! Spaces are still available in the remaining sessions, which focus on one of the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series and the second production from the 2019/20 Pacific Opera Victoria's season. In January, Gershwin's remarkable Porgy and Bess fills the screeen in Cineplex theatres in high definition. In February, POV is staging Flight, a modern story both humorous and profound, of a refugee stranded in an airport. Together we will discuss the story and background of each opera, learn about their composers, and listen to and watch great moments in audeo and video, all to prepare you to attend and enjoy a live perfomance of these operas. Beginners and opera aficionados are equally encouraged to attend this entertaining and informative course.