The Popular Verdi

ALL1406-C     First 6 Weeks         Tuesday 10:30-11:50        Start Date 28-Jan
Grossman  106                       Limit 25

Verdi’s three middle period masterpieces – Rigoletto, La Traviata and Il Trovatore – are among the most widely performed operas around the world. They are full of memorable tunes, spectacular singing and high emotion. This course will feature performances from Covent Garden, the Met and Vienna with some of the greatest singers of the last four decades.

Coordinator: Steve Piontek   

Steve loves sharing great opera performances. He has taught ALL courses on the operas of Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner and Rossini, among others. He also recently taught a course on the poetry of William Butler Yeats. And for years he has been a co-coordinator of a course on Nichiren Buddhism.