Thursdays – Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner
10/15 & 10/29 @ 2:00 PM/CH
Instructor: Ira Miller
“During the month of October, Ira Miller will explore the lives and music of two of the great voices in the history of opera: Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner.”
10/15 we will discuss the music of Verdi. He shaped Italian opera through drama, melody, and a deep sense of human truth, creating works that continue to define the emotional core of musical storytelling.
10/29 we will discuss the music of Wagner. He transformed Western music with a bold fusion of myth, drama, and orchestral imagination, reshaping the future of musical theater through his revolutionary harmonic language and visionary scale.
