Talks and Opera

Two Brontë (and very different) alerts for today, July 2 and tomorrow July 3:

1. Brontë Society member Isobel Stirk will talk about the Brontës at the meeting of the Goldsborough WI:

Don’t forget our next meeting on July 2 will be at the Cricket Pavilion, when we welcome Isobel Stirk talking on The Bronte Society. Bring along a book for the summer BookSwap.(Knaresborought Post)

2. And fragments of Carlisle Floyd's Wuthering Heights opera will be played next Friday, July 3 (8 pm) at the University of Manitoba, Canada:

Love, war and loss define many operas of yore, but the University of Manitoba, which offers North America’s only contemporary opera program, is premiering an opera written by a grad, sung in Ukrainian, and focusing on Chernobyl’s nuclear fallout. (...)
Young singers and pianists from across Canada will present scenes from Carlisle Floyd’s Wuthering Heights and KurtWeill’s Rise and Fall of Mahagonny, as well as from the two debuting commissioned works by Winnipeg composers. Tickets are available at the door for $10 (adults) and $5 (students).
“Graduates from this program go on to do great things at various opera companies so this concert allows Winnipeggers to get the first glimpse of tomorrow’s headliners. And these shows have so much excitement and use the modern sound palate to really stretch our ears with rich layers and extreme emotions,” says Mel Braun, coordinator of the Contemporary Opera Lab.
For more information contact Mel Braun, associate professor, Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music, 204-474-8774 or 204-774-4590.

Categories: Music, Opera, Talks, Wuthering Heights