Upcoming Events

An Italian Garden Party - September 11, 2010

Date: September 11, 2010

Location: Home of Sam Greco, Princeton Junction, NJ


Details:

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.

Annual Members Reception - September 26, 2010

Date: September 26, 2010

Location: Home of Carol and Barry Baron


Details:

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.

Donald Burrows Lecture - June 18, 2010

Location: Princeton Public Library

Details:

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.

June 2010 Opera Video Series - June 02, 2010

Location: Princeton Senior Resource Center

Details:

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.

Spring Lecture by John Burkhalter - May 16, 2010

Location: The Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ

Details:

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.

Trip to New York City Opera - Partenope - April 11, 2010

Location: New York City Opera

Details:

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.

Winter Lecture with Cori Ellison - February 28, 2010

Location: Private Princeton residence

Details:

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. 

Ten Thousand Villiages & PFO - December 09, 2009

Location: Ten Thousand Villiages, Princeton Shopping Center

Details:

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

PFO goes to The Met Movies - November 07, 2009

Location: Local Movie Theatre TBA

Details:

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.

Italy Comes to Hopewell - October 18, 2009

Location: Hopewell Valley Vineyard

Details:

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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Pot Luck Supper and Opera Video - October 04, 2009

Location: At homes of Carol King and Carol Baron

Details:

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.

Annual Meeting and Reception - September 13, 2009

Location: Home of Carol and Barry Baron

Details:

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.