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Concert-Lecture: Opera Favorites Explained and Performed

Performers from the Atlantic Coast Opera Festival will present an unusual concert-lecture at the College on Thursday, October 11, at 1:30 p.m. The event features performances by the Festival’s artists intermingled with narration that introduces and explains each piece.

Hosts of the event will be the Festival’s founder and general director, Robert McFarland, and international soprano Beatrice Beer. They will lead the audience through a selection of grand opera top favorites, including La Boehme, Tosca, and many more. The show, entitled Let’s Talk Opera, is scheduled for the Meagher Theatre in the Life Center.

The Atlantic Coast Opera Festival was spearheaded by opera celebrity Robert McFarland. It counts on its board of advisors, among others, Plácido Domingo and, until recently, the late Beverly Sills, with a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra serving as president of its board of directors. Co-founder Béatrice Beer is the daughter of the late Holocaust composer Joseph Beer.

The mission of the Festival is to provide outstanding unknown artists the stage experience and career opportunities they deserve by creating a world-class summer opera venue.  A significant number of artists from past seasons were awarded contracts with The Metropolitan Opera and other major companies nationwide.

The program is sponsored by the Cultural Arts Forum, one of nine groups that comprise the Arts Guild at Neumann College. Other organizations are Center Stage Productions, the Delaware County Symphony, International Ballet Classique, the Neumann College Art Gallery, the Neumann College Concert Chorale, the Neumann College Jazz Band, the Neumann College Theater Ensemble, and Stages of Imagination Children’s Theater.

General admission is $7. The lecture is free for Forum members. For more information and to reserve tickets, call 610-558-5626.

9/28/07