Community Talks
We love to talk opera, and delve into other genres like chamber and Baroque music, creating a dialogue in the community about these and other art forms. Be sure to enhance your Festival experience by attending one or all of these discussions offered, as always, free and open to the public!
Join independent scholar John Burkhalter as he surveys the distinctive variety of styles and genres in the ornate and colorful world of Baroque Music.
Join Professor Timothy Urban for his presentation "Under the hood of Albert Herring," a shallow dive into the deep pool of Benjamin Britten’s musical wit.
A master of vocal pedagogy, Dr. Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek discusses the challenges, and rewards, of singing Bach and Handel’s music.
Festival Director Gregory J. Geehern discusses the vocal offerings of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s 2022 Princeton Festival: OPERA Derrick Wang’s Scalia/Ginsburg Benjamin...
Festival Director Gregory J. Geehern discusses the vocal offerings of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s 2022 Princeton Festival: OPERA Derrick Wang’s Scalia/Ginsburg Benjamin...
Festival Director Gregory J. Geehern discusses the vocal offerings of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s 2022 Princeton Festival: OPERA Derrick Wang’s Scalia/Ginsburg Benjamin...
The Princeton Festival Guild invites anyone curious about what goes into putting on an opera to this round table discussion. Moderated by Guild member and Princeton Symphony...
Composer and conversationalist extraordinaire Julian Grant introduces W. A. Mozart’s and Derrick Wang’s operatic takes on workplace conflict with his talk "Divas and Justices." He...
Charles Fisk, a retired musicology professor from Wellesley College and one of the world’s foremost Schubert scholars, discusses the expressive realms so apparent in the music of...