M I C H A E L J B O L T O N
UNIQUE PROGRAMS TO ENRICH THE AUDIENCE EXPERIENCE
L E C T U R E S
E N G A G E I N A S T O R Y
Over 65,000 people have attended Mike's inspiring and engaging lectures which have been offered in-person and via online platforms like Zoom, YouTube, and streaming events. With the goal of making opera come alive, attendees discover themselves in each work through a conversational presentation that delves into contextual, musical, and thematic elements. Repeat clients have included The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Guild, Cincinnati Opera, The Curtis Institute of Music, Opera Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, among others.
PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURES GIVEN
ADÈS : Powder Her Face
BARBER : Antony and Cleopatra
BEETHOVEN : Fidelio
BEECHER : Sky on Swings *
BELLINI : Norma | I Puritani
BENJAMIN : Written on Skin
BERG : Lulu | Wozzeck
BERNSTEIN : A Quiet Place
BIZET : Carmen
BLANCHARD : Fire Shut Up in My Bones
BRITTEN : Albert Herring | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Owen Wingrave | Peter Grimes | The Rape of Lucretia
CATÁN : Florencia en el Amazonas **
DANIELPOUR : Margaret Garner *
DEAN : Hamlet
DICHIERA : Cyrano *
DONIZETTI : L'elisir d'amore | Lucia di Lammermoor | Maria Stuarda | Roberto Devereux
DVORÁK : Rusalka
DUN : Tea: A Mirror of Soul
FACCIO : Amleto
GERSHWIN : Porgy and Bess
GLUCK : Orphée et Eurydice
GOLIJOV : Ainadamar
GORDON : A Coffin in Egypt *
GOUNOD : Roméo et Juliette
HANDEL : Giulio Cesare | Semele
HENZE : Elegy for Young Lovers | Phaedra
HIGDON : Cold Mountain
HUMPERDINCK : Hänsel und Gretel
JANÁČEK : The Cunning Little Vixen
MASSENET : Cendrillon
MAZZOLI : Breaking the Waves *
MORRISON : Oscar *
MOZART : Don Giovanni | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | Le nozze di Figaro | Die Zauberflöte
OFFENBACH : Les contes d’Hoffmann
MUHLY : Dark Sisters *
POULENC : Dialogues des Carmélites
PROKOFIEV : The Love for Three Oranges
PUCCINI : La bohéme | Gianni Schicchi | Madama Butterfly | Manon Lescaut | Suor Angelica | Il tabarro | Tosca | Turandot
PUTS : Silent Night *
SAINT-SAËNS : Samson et Dalila
RAVEL : L'enfant et les sortilèges
ROSSINI : Il barbiere di Siviglia | La Cenerentola | L'italiana in Algeri | Tancredi | Il viaggio a Reims
ROUMAIN : We Shall Not Be Moved
SCHNYDER : Charlie Parker's Yardbird *
SOKOLOVIĆ : Svadba - Wedding
STRAUSS : Ariadne auf Naxos | Capriccio | Elektra | Salome
STRAVINSKY : Oedipus Rex
VERDI : Aida | Don Carlo | Falstaff | Luisa Miller | Nabucco | Otello | Macbeth | Requiem | Rigoletto | La traviata | Il trovatore
WAGNER : Lohengrin | Parsifal
OPERA-THEMED LECTURES
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The Cynical Lover: Mozart and Da Ponte's Thoughts on Love in the Age of Enlightenment*
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The Development of Opera from the Renaissance to Today
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Exploring Otherness in the Operas of Benjamin Britten
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Great Choruses from the Opera
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The Latin American and Spanish Influence on Opera
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Opera at the Movies
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Opera as Travelogue
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Popular Culture and Its Love Affair with The Barber of Seville
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Planning an Opera Season- an interactive session in which attendees plan their own season and create and cast a budget-conscious production of La bohéme.
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Puccini's Life through His Heroines
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Shakespeare at the Opera
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The Strength of Puccini's Heroines - a three-part video series looking at the heroines of La bohéme, Madama Butterfly, and Tosca
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What the Fach? Get Your Spinto Away from My Leggiero
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What Makes a Mad Scene Mad? - A look at how madness is portrayed in opera, highlighting Lucia di Lammermoor, Macbeth, and Wozzeck
* World Premiere or co-commissioned production
** in preparation