Upcoming Events
Date: September 11, 2010
Location: Home of Sam Greco, Princeton Junction, NJ
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Join us for an evening in Old Italy. The festivities begin at 5:00 pm. Authentic Italian cheeses, wines and fresh figs. For additional information contact Anne McMahan at amcmahan.pfo@gmail.com.
Date: September 26, 2010
Location: Home of Carol and Barry Baron
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Join PFO members and guests for a special presentation by noted musician Joel Spiegelman, "The Development of Russian Classical Music: Opera and Theater." The presentation begins at 4 pm followed by a sumptuous Russian reception. For additional details contact us: amcmahan.pfo@gmail.com.
Location: Princeton Public Library
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Noted Handel scholar, Donald Burrows, Professor, The Open University, London, will present a lecture, "The Composition of Ariodante and Its Place in Handel's Career." This talk, part of The Princeton Festival's 2010 season, will take place on Friday, June 18, at 7 pm and is FREE to the public. PFO is sponsoring this presentation in collaboration with The Princeton Festival.
Location: Princeton Senior Resource Center
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June 2 - Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov. 1987.
Evgeny Nesterenko as Boris. Bolshoi Opera. 165 minutes.
June 9 - Donizetti, L'Elisir d'Amore. 1991.
Luciano Pavarotti, Kathleen Battle, Juan Pons and Enzo Dara, Metropolitan Opera, 129 minutes.
June 16 - Puccini, Tosca. 1976.
Raina Kabaivanska,Placido Domingo & Sherrill Milnes. Filmed on the original locations in Rome. 115 minutes.
June 23 - Bonus: The Red Violin
This movie features a red violin created by a master
in 1681 following the death of his wife. The violin
passes through various hands before it meets its
destiny on the auction block. Music for the film
composed by John Corigliano and played by Joshua
Bell. 131 minutes.
Location: The Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
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Lecture by John Burkhalter on Musical practices in ancient Mexico and Peru and their impact on later operas, will begin at 3:00 pm. The event will be held at Princeton Theological Seminary, 20 Library Place, in the Erdman Center. Tickets are $30 for members and $35 for guests. John will his collection of Pre-Columbian musical instruments. This promises to be a most interesting and informative afternoon. Nicholas Lockey will present on baroque opera. Join us for the program and reception.
Location: New York City Opera
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Join PFO friends in New York for NYC Opera's for a performance of Handel's opera Partenope. Excellent group tickets are available through PFO for $75. Please reserve by January 15, 2010.
Location: Private Princeton residence
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Cori Ellison, Dramaturg of New York City Opera, will host a lecture on Handel's opera Partenope, which is being presented by NYC Opera. Tickets for the presentation are $30 for members, $35 for friends and guests. Invitations will be mailed in January. Join us for a delightful afternoon.
Location: Ten Thousand Villiages, Princeton Shopping Center
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Ten Thousand Villiages & Princeton Friends of Opera present a shopping "Opera"tunity for PFO members and friends on Wednesday, Dec. 9 from 3-7pm.
Shop, enjoy cider and cookies and support two worthwhile organizations.
Ten Thousand Villages is a fair trade store offering beautiful handcrafted jewelry, personal accessories, home decorative items, musical instruments, toys, hand made paper, baskets, table linens, ceramics and collectable items, tea, coffee and chocolate. Your fair trade purchase helps improve the lives of thousands of artisans in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
10% of all sales go to PFO.
Ten Thousand Villiages
Princeton Shopping Center
301 N. Harrison Street
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 683-4464
Location: Local Movie Theatre TBA
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Join us for Puccini'sTurandot. Tentative plans for supper afterward. As of 10/26 tickets were still available. Check PFO Meet-ups for more information.
Location: Hopewell Valley Vineyard
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PFO's Wine and Dinner Buffet "Italy Comes to Hopewell" will feature delicious Italian food and local Hopewell Valley Vineyard wines. Noted tenor, Bob Guarino, will entertain with a selection of Neapolitan songs and arias. PFO member, Bob McMahan, accordionist, will perform Italian favorites. The party begins at 6:00 p.m. and ends at 9:00 p.m. Look for invitations in the mail after Labor Day.
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Location: At homes of Carol King and Carol Baron
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Join us for a Pot Luck Supper and viewing of opera video Tales of Hoffman at the homes of Carol King and Carol Baron.
Other nights to be scheduled.
Location: Home of Carol and Barry Baron
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5:00 - 7:00 PM
Join us for a delicious reception at the home of PFO Membership Chair Carol Baron. Update of PFO activities for the coming year. Special guest, Christopher Arneson will talk about Westminster's successful summer 2009 CoOPERAtive program.