2011

28 October
Singers for the 21s' Century

Eileen Miller is a member of The Recorded Visual Arts Society and this
will be a welcome return. She will enlighten us on the singers of the present era.

25 November

Richard Nicholson has presented two programmes of 'Opera
on the Screen' to us, and this time his talk entitled
'Celebrated Cultivated and Underrated' sounds intriguing.

16 December
Xmas Function

A short programme of vocal delights by
Audrey Peters which precedes our festive fare.

2012

27 January
Contraltos and Mezzos

John Passmore will give a programme
on early contraltos and later mezzos.

24 February
The First Relationship

- that of parent and child is present in many operas; sometimes
incidentally, occasionally as an interwoven sub-plot and often, at the
very core of the opera, profoundly influencing the characters, driving
their actions and directing the plot. Audrey Peters takes a closer
look at these operas and presents some of the music that
this relationship has inspired.

23 March
Julian Williamson's presentation will be 'Why was
"Lohengrin" Wagner's last opera?'

This is a look at Wagner's early works and career up to
the time when he deliberately made huge changes to his style.
Admission bv ticket Members £2 Visitors £5

27 April
Allan Palmer

will give a programme which will be a tribute to the late John Steane,
who was always a welcome speaker at the Opera Club.

25 May
Pauline Evans

will give her first programme on the life
and career of 'Kiri Te Kanawa'.

22 June
A fairly new member, Stephen Wright

will give his first programme entitled 'Unusual Records'.
He is a former EMI record company executive and brings
some recordings from the past in opera and the classics,
revealing some of the strange circumstances surrounding them.

27 July
Rosemary Bolingbroke's talk is entitled
'A Musical Pot-pourri'.

24 August
Bernard Smith

from Lewisham Recorded Music Society has given us many talks,
and this time will present a programme on 'Vera Rozsa', a tribute
to her and to some of the singers with whom she worked.

28 September
Annual General Meeting

followed by members' favourites
(either tape or CD's - no more than two per person.

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