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Tuning in to Opera

A course exploring, enjoying and discussing opera at U3A Nillumbik, Melbourne, conducted by Lyn and Tom Richards

Welcome to Tuning in to Opera. Our group meets on Fridays in U3A terms at the Old Eltham Courthouse. This blog offers information about the operas and composers we study - and links to lots more materials about them including live performances.

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Prokofiev or Puccini?

Here's a contrast to liven your opera watching! The Met is now themeing their livestreaming weeks and this week it's Puccini - again. ...

Swell Bel Canto

The week at the Met is all bel canto - seven operas - 4 by Donizetti, 2 from Rossini, and 2 from Bellini. Among them are some splendid...

The Met goes to France

What’s French about French Opera? It’s always been about not being Italian. Until Wagner, that is. And also about getting the balance of...

Madness in Nürnberg

This week – all week (Monday 31st to Sunday 6 Sept) – Glyndebourne screens their 2011 production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg....

Is the Met best at modern opera?

Met live streaming September 1-7 The Met is now theme-ing its live-streaming weeks. This one is "20th Century and Beyond" And here's Tom...

What fools these mortals be!

Is Purcell’s ‘semi-opera’ The Fairy Queen 'the greatest work for the stage by a British composer'? Who cares? - it's a gem, and this week...

To be or not?

From Glyndebourne, this week, it’s Hamlet - the opera. That is, the only successful one of some 40 attempts over the years to make an...

It's Handel - be happy!

It's the week beginning 10 Aug and I was seriously considering a post pointing all weary iso-viewers to Gilbert and Sullivan opera online...

Bravo, bravissimo!

Here's news of good watching. First: an alert - your last chance to see the Glyndebourne The Barber of Seville is this coming weekend,...

Opera Cornucopia

Plenty for our viewing in the week of July 20th To start, two Barbers of Seville So you can relax with Rossini. From Monday 20 July...

The beauty of Billy Budd

It's the week of July 13th - Week 18 of a wealth of free live streaming operas from crippled companies all over the locked down world....

10 composers in a week..from 6 July.

Let's start near home. Opera Australia has added to their online operas their 2013 Carmen from the Sydney Harbour. Details here. Star...

Marvelous Magic Flutes

What opera offers the most mystical and monstrous animal figures, the sweetest music and the scariest mother figure? Yes, our opera for...

What a week of choices! 20 June...

What’s on this week? Pretty much everything. As always, Limelight's On with the Show gives glorious detail and good reading. Close to...

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