Lohengrin Opera Previews

October 10-13, 2023

Explore Lohengrin in a 90-minute presentation by Professor Simon Williams.

Professor Simon Williams, emeritus professor in the Department of Theater and Dance at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an active director of both opera and spoken drama, is internationally recognized as an authority on the history of acting and Shakespearean performance, on opera as drama, and on the history of operatic staging. He has lectured worldwide on Wagner, served for several years as lecturer for English-speaking audiences at the Bayreuth Festival, and has spoken on a wide range of operas at both opera houses and opera guilds worldwide. He is principal speaker at the annual exciting Opera at Oakhurst weekend in the California Sierras and has authored four books on German theater (two of them on Wagner) as well as serving as co-editor of the first English-language History of German Theatre, and chief editor of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stage Actors and Acting.

Where
Throughout the Bay Area.

Cost
Varies by location. Please see below.

Peninsula Chapter

Opera Preview: Lohengrin

October 10, 2023 at 2pm

Embarcadero Room, Rinconada Library, 1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto

Free admission and no tickets or reservations are necessary. Due to updated Covid-19 restrictions, masks are required.

For more information, contact Judy Kahn at judith.kahn@comcast.net.

San Jose Opera Guild

Opera Preview: Lohengrin

October 11, 2023 at 10am

Addison-Penzak JCC Silicon Valley, 14855 Oka Road, Suite 201, Los Gatos

Free to San Jose Opera Guild and Addison-Penzak JCC members, $10 for general public. Admission payable only at the door; due to Covid-19 restrictions, attendance is limited to 30 people who are fully vaccinated and email president@sjoperaguild.org for reservations.

For more information, contact Steve Zilles at steve@zilles.org.

East Bay Chapter

Opera Preview: Lohengrin

October 11, 2023 at 7:30pm

Lafayette Library, Don Tatzin Community Hall, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette

$15 per lecture. Admission payable at the door; no tickets or reservations are necessary.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Green Sah at (510) 338-0181 or egreensah2001@yahoo.com.

Marin Chapter

Opera Preview: Lohengrin

October 12, 2023 at 12pm

Guzman Hall, Dominican University, 50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael

$10 donation accepted at the door.

For more information, contact Peggy Hill at peggyhill@yahoo.com.

San Francisco Chapter

Opera Preview: Lohengrin

October 13, 2023 at 6pm

This free virtual Opera Preview will be presented via Zoom webinar and you can register here. The same registration link can be used to stream the virtual preview recording through November 1, 2023 (the run of the production).