Cincinnati Opera Gui­ld brings you Opera Raps, a year-round, traveling lecture series featuring a guest speaker leading conversation on a specific production of topics related to Cincinnati Opera's upcoming Summer Festival. The atmosphere is casual, the tone is conversational, and curiosity is encouraged!

Opera Raps are $5. Call the Cincinnati Opera Box Office at (513) 241-2742 to make a reservation or to learn about how you can purchase a subscription to our Opera Raps lecture series.

A Conversation with Sir Roger Norrington
Thursday, January 29, 7:00 p.m.
Music Hall's Corbett Tower
­Watch January 29th's Opera Rap with Sir Roger Norrington on CETconnect! 

­Sex, Violence, and Toreadors
with Naomi Lewin
­Sunday, February 22, 4:00 p.m.
CCM, Werner Recital Hall

Don Carlo: History, Music, and Drama
with Philip Gossett
­Tuesday, March 17, 7:00 p.m.
Cincinnati Art Museum, Fath Auditorium

Ainadamar: Fountain of Tears
w­ith Desirée Mays
­Tuesday, April 14, noon
Mercantile Library
Tuesday, April 14, 7:00 p.m.
Taft Museum of Art, Luther Room

NEW! Duende: Lorca, His Art, and the Revolution
with Maria Paz Moreno
May 13, 7:00 p.m.
Taft Research Center 
FREE!

The Novice's Guide to Carmen
with Henri Venanzi
­Thu­rsday, May 21, 7:00 p.m.
now with 8:00 Fiesta!
The Manuel D. & Rhoda Mayerson JCC
on The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Campus

Join us for the 2009 Opera Raps Lecture Series. They're informative and open to the public. Tickets are $5. Call (513) 241-2742 for reservations.

Current Board and Guild members and donors of $300 and above are entitled to complimentary admission to Opera Raps. Please call Julie at (513) 768-5570 to receive complimentary admission.

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