Opera Bites: Opera Lecture Series
7 May @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm AEST

Since 2003, Opera Bites Co-Founder Murray Dahm has delivered accessible, friendly and informative lectures, drawing on its history, culture and music. Enjoy exploring a variety of areas of operatic history from composers and voice types through to genres and quirky bits of opera trivia.
From Verdi and Puccini to opera darlings such as Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland, Murray presents weekly fun, informative and thoroughly delightful talks, abundantly illustrated with audio and visual excerpts.
Murray’s style is popular with seasoned opera-goers and newcomers alike. Come and revel in the joy of opera!
March/April/May Series: The Operas of Verdi. Join us as we explore some of Verdi’s masterpieces, discover their historical context and experience them through an array of historical and new recordings.
Full term enrolments and Casual Drop In available.
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