| September 15, 2018 | |
| 1:00 pm | |
| New York | |
| The Metropolitan Opera Guild |
With the Met’s 2018–19 season opening with Saint-Saëns’s sumptuous Samson et Dalila, what better way to start our Opera Boot Camp offerings than with an introduction to French opera? In this four-part course, resident Opera Boot Camp instructor Naomi Barrettara offers both newcomers and seasoned operagoers a fun and fascinating exploration of this season’s French operatic masterpieces.
Part 4: Debussy, Poulenc, and French Opera in the 20th Century When Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande had its world premiere, audience reactions were contentiously mixed. More than 50 years later, Poulenc would describe his Dialogues des Carmélites as being influenced by Monteverdi, Verdi, Wagner, and Debussy. In this last session, we examine the musical, cultural, and social histories of these two works, as well as the threads of influence that connect them.
Full course registration: $90 public | $82
Guild members and students Individual session registration: $25 public | $22 Guild members and students