Princeton Festival Offers Free Lectures, Workshops

PRINCETON, NJ — Free lectures, discussions, workshops and more continue through the second part of The Princeton Festival season. The following list of offerings covers Saturday June 9 through Sunday July 1. More information is available at https://princetonfestival.org/event_cat/2018-ee-programs.

Exhibit of Music-Inspired Art by A-TEAM

Continues through July 1, Thomas Sweet Cafe, Skillman

June 16, 24, July 1: Matthews Theatre Lobby, McCarter Theatre Center, open to opera ticket-holders only

Paintings by A-TEAM artists, affiliated with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen & ArtSpace Artists of HomeFront, displayed for sale.

https://princetonfestival.org/event/2018-ateam/

Lecture | Madama Butterfly: Beauty in Betrayal

June 14, 7 pm, Princeton Public Library

65 Witherspoon, Princeton

Professor Timothy Urban discusses the music and plot of Puccini’s beloved opera Madama Butterfly.

https://princetonfestival.org/event/2018-lecture-urban/

Opera Workshop | Music That Tells a Story

June 6, June 9, or June 12; plus June 14, 5:30 pm

See webpage for times and venues; pre-registration is required

University professor/voice teacher Rochelle Ellis and doctoral candidate Kyle Masson introduce intergenerational audiences to opera; participants then attend backstage tour & dress rehearsal of Princeton Festival’s Madama Butterfly.

https://princetonfestival.org/event/2018-opera-workshop-music-tells-story.

Lecture | Madama Butterfly Goes to Paris; Isabella Stewart Gardner Goes to Japan

June 12, 7 pm, Princeton Public Library

65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton

Marianne Grey, Princeton University Art Museum Docent, discusses the West’s embrace of all things Japanese in the decades preceding Madama Butterfly.

https://princetonfestival.org/event/2018-lecture-grey/

Poetry Reading | Butterfly and Cio Cio-san in Mari Kashiwagi’s Poetic World

June 17, 11:30 am (light brunch); noon (reading)

Princeton Public Library

65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton

Award-winning Japanese poet Mari Kashiwagi reads her poetry, featuring ‘Butterfly’ poems written for The Princeton Festival, plus a discussion with her translator, Takako Lento. Co-sponsored by the Princeton Public Library and The Princeton Festival Guild.

https://princetonfestival.org/event/2018-poetry-mari-kashiwagi/

Discussion | Cross-Cultural Challenges in Opera

June 18, 7 pm

Princeton Public Library

65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton

Steven LaCosse, Director of the Festival’s production of Madama Butterfly, and CJ Ru, Director of Operations, discuss issues facing directors when they present an opera from a different culture.

https://princetonfestival.org/event/2018-discussion-cross-cultural-challenges/

Lecture | More About What’s BAROQUE About Baroque Music?

June 21, 7 pm

Princeton Public Library

65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton

Early Music performer and specialist John Burkhalter discusses Baroque music and instruments. Co-sponsored by the Princeton Public Library

https://princetonfestival.org/event/2018-lecture-burkhalter/

Lecture | Before Butterfly: 17th-Century Dutch & Japanese Music

June 25 at 7 pm

Mary Jacobs Memorial Library

64 Washington Street, Rocky Hill

John Burkhalter and Glenn Shōyū Swann discuss and perform 17th and early 20th century music from Japan, as influenced by Dutch East India Company. Co-sponsored by the Mary Jacobs Memorial Library

https://princetonfestival.org/event/2018-lecture-burkhalter-swann

Lecture | Madama Butterfly Goes to Paris; Isabella Stewart Gardner Goes to Japan

June 28 at 7 pm

Lawrence Branch of the Mercer County Library

2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville

Marianne Grey, Princeton University Art Museum Docent, discusses the West’s embrace of all things Japanese in the decades preceding Madama Butterfly. (Repeat ofJune 12 lecture.)

https://princetonfestival.org/event/2018-lecture-grey/

For ticket information and a complete listing of event in the Princeton Festival 2018 season, visit www.princetonfestival.org or call 609-258-ARTS (2787).

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