Opera Preview: Die Walkure

3/29/2019    
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Blue Hill Public Library
5 Parker Point Rd, Blue Hill

The Bagaduce Music Lending Library and Friends of the Blue Hill Public Library will present a preview of Richard Wagner’s opera, Die Walkure, at the Blue Hill Public Library on Friday March 29th at 1:00 PM. A live performance of the opera will be simulcast at The Grand in Ellsworth the following day, Saturday, March 30th, from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

According to the Met website, “In what is expected to be a Wagnerian event for the ages, soprano Christine Goerke plays Brünnhilde, Wotan’s willful warrior daughter, who loses her immortality in opera’s most famous act of filial defiance. Tenor Stuart Skelton and soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek play the incestuous twins Siegmund and Sieglinde. Greer Grimsley sings Wotan. Philippe Jordan conducts.”

Local opera enthusiasts Linda Lesko and David Porter will summarize the plot, introduce the music and offer some ideas of special ways to enjoy the Saturday simulcast. All are welcome, no previous opera knowledge is needed, and admission is free. For more information, call the library at 374-5515.

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