If you can’t make it to the Music Center or you’d
like to broaden your understanding of Donizetti and his music, come to Crowell
Library on February 16 at 2:00 p.m. for this special LA Opera Talk. Community Educator LARRY VERDUGO, who
presented the Library’s LA Opera Program on Britten’s Turn of the Screw in 2011 and Billy
Budd last month, will reveal some fascinating facts in a multi-media
presentation in the Library’s Barth Community Room. The program is free and open to all opera
aficionados and first timers.
Lucia Di Lammermoor
is a romantic tale of family honor, betrayal and madness that takes
place in Scotland and is one of Donizetti's most
popular works. Larry Verdugo will describe Donizetti’s life, the
music and the story depicted in the opera: forced by her family to marry
against her will, Lucia descends into madness. Her chilling, blood-spattered
reappearance at the wedding reception has become one of the most iconic scenes
in all opera. A tour-de-force of Italian Romantic opera at its most
powerful and dramatic, Lucia di Lammermoor is the gleaming jewel in
opera’s bel canto crown.
Opera is not just magnificent music, dance and theater with astounding sets
on a beautiful stage; opera can sweep you away to foreign lands, take you back
in time, dazzle you with pageantry and bring history to life. It is literature,
social studies, cultural diversity, multiple languages and most of all, it is
exciting! Come explore the world of opera which has something for everyone.
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Mark this date on the social calendar as Crowell Library celebrates LA
Opera’s 2013/2014 season. Light
refreshments will be served.
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