In a Different Voice: Then and Now Winter 2025 Opera Course

Ten Tuesday Afternoons
January 7 - March 18, 2025

Introduction

The winter 2025 opera appreciation course will focus on different voice types, looking to both the past and the future. Historically, opera singers concentrated on live performances, recording, and eventually on filming. Many singers on stage today have multi-faceted careers that extend well beyond opera performance.

There will be two special guests. Diane Blackman, co-founder of BR Public Relations, represented the late baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky for many years. In a prerecorded conversation with Instructor Margie Satinsky, Diane will share her experiences as a creative collaborator and advocate for her client, differentiating his brand, building significant buzz, and encouraging prominence in the marketplace. The second special guest, David Rosen, will talk about George Gershwin and Porgy and Bess. Washington National Opera will stage the opera from May 23-May 31, 2025.

All classes will be by Zoom. As always, participants will receive special perks that other opera appreciation courses may not offer. These include comprehensive background information plus links to the music that we hear. All classes will be recorded, enabling registered opera enthusiasts to listen at their convenience. If the day and time of the class isn't convenient for you, don't hesitate to sign up.

Instructor Margie Satinsky

Margie Satinsky is a long-time opera lover who has attended more than 300 performances in the United States and Europe. She has taught opera appreciation classes since 2012, both independently and through OLLI at Duke. Her classes have focused on Highlights of the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, Russian opera, a Tribute to Black Opera Singers, In a Different Voice (different voice types), and other special topics. Margie is a founder and President of Triangle Wagner Society.

Optional Sunday Afternoon Triangle Wagner Society (TWS) Programs

Course participants will have the opportunity to attend three winter Triangle Wagner Society (TWS) programs. The Sunday, January 12 program, featuring Francesca Zambello, will be live at The Forest at Duke and will focus on Tannhauser and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: The Artist as Protagonist.

The Saturday, February 8 program, also live at The Forest at Duke, will feature renowned speakers Simon Williams and Jeffrey Swann on Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. The Sunday, March 23 program will feature Joshua Borths talking on "The Art Surrounding Montsalvat." We will record all three programs and send a link sent within 48 hours. The programs are free to those who have paid TWS membership dues for 2025. Guests may attend for a fee.

To register for the TWS events, please contact Martha Dimes, marthadimes@gmail.com, and pay by check or online at www.trianglewagnersociety.com. If you pay by check, make it payable to Triangle Wagner Society and mail it to Richard Falvo, 3000 Galloway Ridge, E-309, Pittsboro, NC, 27312.