The Members of the Mercury Opera Guild have developed and delivered several educational programs on opera. These programs are delivered at various schools and public libraries in the Rochester area. On this page, you may download the playlists and handouts that were used in these presentations.
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Bizet’s Carmen
Lecturer: Rosalba Pisaturo |
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“Siegfried 101”
Lecturer: Peter Dundas |
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History of Opera -
From its origin
through the Golden Age
Lecturer: Art Axelrod |
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Twentieth Century Opera
(It’s better than you think)
Lecturer: Carol Crocca |
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History in Opera -
As seen through the eyes of
19th Century Historians
Lecturer: Agneta D. Borgstedt |
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Prayer in Opera
Lecturer: Chuck Lundeen |
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Mozart's Women
Lecturer: Carol Crocca |
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Falstaff: Verdi's Last Masterpiece
Lecturer: Rosalba Pisaturo |
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Friendships: Good and Bad
Lecturer: Chuck Lundeen |
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Verdi Operas based on Schiller's Plays
Lecturer: Agneta D. Borgstedt |
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The Changing Opera Styles
of Richard Strauss
Lecturer: Peter Dundas |
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Belcanto: The Operas of Bellini Part I
Lecturer: Agneta D. Borgstedt |
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Belcanto: The Operas of Bellini Part II
Lecturer: Agneta D. Borgstedt |
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Verdi's La Traviata
Lecturer: Rosalba Pisaturo |
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The Bass Voice in Opera
Lecturer: Art Axelrod |
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Richard Strauss's Viennese Operas
Lecturer: Agneta D. Borgstedt |
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Two Sides to Every Story: How Two Composers Treat the Same Story
Lecturers: Agneta D. Borgstedt and Joseph Mancini |
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ABRACADABRA:
Witches and Gypsies in Opera
Lecturer: Chuck Lundeen |
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Sleepwalking, Hallucinations & Madness
Lecturer: Carol Crocca
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Puccini's Tosca
Lecturer: Rosalba Pisaturo |
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Verdi and Shakespeare
Lecturer: Carol A. Crocca |
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French Grand Opera Part I
Lecturer: Agneta D. Borgstedt |
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French Grand Opera Part II
Lecturer: Agneta D. Borgstedt |
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Operatic Duets
Lecturer: Mary McNamara |
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Exotic Dominions and Mythic Realms
Lecturer: Art Axelrod |
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Puccini's La Bohème
Lecturer: Rosalba Pisaturo |
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Mozart's Don Giovanni
Lecturer: Agneta D. Borgstedt |
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Verdi and the Orchestra
Lecturer: Carol A. Crocca
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The Voices of Opera
Lecturer: Art Axelrod
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The Opera Chorus
Lecturer: Bob Heberger
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Ensembles
Lecturer: Mary McNamara
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Show Boat and the
American Musical Theatre
Lecturer: Rob Ferris
Click here for production photos, cast, reviews and more. |
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Bel Canto and Bellini's Norma
Lecturer: Rosalba Pisaturo
Click here for video clips, photos, cast and more. |
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Mozart:
Abduction from the Seraglio
Lecturer: Agneta Borgstedt
Click here for photos from Abduction from the Seraglio |
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Puccini:
The Bohemian Composer
Lecturer:
Rosalba Pisaturo
Click here for photos, program and the review from Madama Butterfly |
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Opera as Music Drama
Lecturer: Art Axelrod
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The Influence of the Philosophy of the Age of Enlightenment on Mozart's Operas
Lecturer: Agneta Borgstedt
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Literature in Opera
Lecturer: Mary McNamara |
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The History & Geography of Opera
Lecturer: Art Axelrod |
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German Romantic Opera
Lecturer: Agneta Borgstedt |
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French Romantic Opera
Lecturer:
Mary McNamara
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Italian Verismo Opera
Lecturer: Rosalba Pisaturo |
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A Survey of Russian Opera
Lecturer: Art Axelrod |
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Albert Lortzing:
German Buffa Opera
Lecturer: Agneta Borgstedt |
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Favorite Arias & Overtures
Lecturer: Mary McNamara
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Giaochino Rossini:
Italian Opera Buffa
Lecturer: Agneta Borgstedt
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Donizetti: Italian Opera Buffa
Lecturer: Lecturer: Agneta Borgstedt
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Verdi: Composer, Showman and Moralist
Lecturer: Art Axelrod
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