This course on opera will be held in conjunction with the HD simulcast from New York’s Metropolitan Opera. Starting in the fall, we will enjoy eight operas, including the Met premiere of the opera El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, whose story depicts Frida Kahlo leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego Rivera. As described by the Metropolitan Opera: “The famously feuding pair briefly relive their tumultuous love, embracing both the passion and the pain before bidding the land of the living a final farewell.”
Other operas include a new staging of Bellini’s La Sonnambula and I Puritani and Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. New in HD are Strauss’ Arabella, Giordano’s Andrea Chénier, and audience favourites La Bohème by Puccini, and Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin will complete the season. This course will take place at the Thomas More Institute for listening and discussion in preparation for the operas shown, and at the Cineplex of your choice where the Met Opera HD is simulcast.
Participants are responsible for their own ticket purchase.
New Participant: $100.00
Returning Participant: $135.00
Day: Saturdays
Time: 1:30 to 3:30 PM
Location: 3405 Atwater, Montreal
Course leaders: Ossama El Naggar, Irene Menear
First session: September 27 2025
Course length: 5 weeks
Degree credit: 0 credits
Maximum number of participants: 18
Please note that the Thomas More Institute does not allow participants to audit courses for free.
About the Thomas More Institute: The Thomas More Institute has been providing adults with stimulating lifelong learning opportunities in Montreal since 1945. A secular and non-profit academic institution, TMI offers an ever-evolving choice of university-level courses in the liberal arts, including discussion-based courses, lecture-style courses, writing workshops, and more. Our courses are held in small groups, offering an alternative learning environment to that of traditional university courses. You can take individual courses that interest you, or work toward a structured bachelor of arts degree or comprehensive certificate that involve additional coursework. Share Your Curiosity at TMI!
About course fees: all prices displayed include Tuition and the Administrative fee.
Leaders of another course, and anyone else wishing to register by phone, should call (514) 935-9585 to register.
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