Saturday 13th October 2007*

Reception

followed by

A profile of the controversial singer

Callas was recently voted by a number of eminent critics as the greatest soprano of all time**.

Michael Hartnall

Opera South Casting Director

explores with music, photographs and footage of live performances, both the life and art of this extraordinary woman and the fascination she still exerts 30 years after her death.

Michael has been an opera buff from the age of 17, when he was first taken to Covent Garden. He communicates his enthusiasm with great skill, as he showed at our West Dean concert in 2004 and his talk on operatic tenors in July 2006.

Wine & canapés: 6:30 p.m.

Tickets £25.00 each

Dress code: Smart casual

Venue:

Branksome Place,
Hindhead Road, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 3PN

* Note date change from previous announcement, one week later than originally shown on this website

** BBC Music Magazine April 2007