Led by members of WCM’s faculty artists and held at the historic McIntosh-Goodrich Mansion on Prospect Avenue, these classes provide a world of insight into the composers and music of a featured performance. Members of the class will learn about, listen to, and discuss the music for three weeks before experiencing it in person – together! Wine and cheese are offered at most classes, and the cost of ticket is included in the cost of enrollment.
Program: Offenbach (Tales of Hoffman)
Class Led by: Phillip Pearl
Class Dates: Feb 21, Feb 28, & Mar 7 (3:00pm) 📍 McIntosh Goodrich Mansion
Performance: Mar 13 (7:30pm) 📍 Marcus Performing Arts Center
Description: The Tales of Hoffmann (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) is a haunting opera that dives into the stormy, occasionally uncanny, love life of poet Hoffmann. In a series of flashbacks (and perhaps a bit too much wine), Hoffmann recounts three romantic escapades, each with its own fantastical twist—and each disastrously interrupted by a shadowy villain determined to ruin his good time. The opera is a blend of romance, heartbreak, and just the right dose of the surreal, proving that in Hoffmann’s world, if something seems too good to be true, it probably involves an evil doppelgänger or a mechanical doll.
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