Listen and Learn! One Act Operas at the Rachel Kohl Community Library

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 9, 2009

The
Rachel Kohl Community Library is offering a new educational and entertainment
series, Listen and Learn! One Act Operas. Hosted by Joseph Erdeljac, the series
will take an in-depth look at three well-known operas: Pagliacci, Cavalleria
Rusticana and Suor Angelica. Participants will be given background information
on the operas and the composers, the stories that inspired the operas as well
as insight into famous performances. Mr. Erdeljac will also play passages from
the operas and explain their meaning and importance. Opera aficionados and
people new to the art of opera are welcome to bring their lunch and participate
in the discussions.

Registration
is requested but not mandatory by calling the library at 610-358-3445. Each
program is scheduled from noon-2 p.m.

One
Act Operas is being funded through a grant from the Delaware County Library
System and The Met Life Foundation.

The
Rachel Kohl Community Library is located at 687 Smithbridge Road in Glen

Mills,
PA and serves the communities of Bethel, Chadds Ford, Chester Heights, Concord,
and Thornbury.