Presented by
Erica Miner
2 M, 6/1/2026 - 6/15/2026
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location:
ONLINE via Zoom
(link emailed two days prior to class)
Fee:
$50.00
No class 6/8 | Concurrent with "Nordic Children’s Literature: Tove Jansson & Astrid Lindgren"
3/12/26 UPDATE: The class mode changed from in-person to online. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Which comes first in a composer’s mind: the opera or the overture? Which is played before the opera begins? Why are overtures such an important part of the operatic experience? In this rare glimpse inside the complex brains of opera composers, former Metropolitan Opera violinist Erica Miner explores the history of opera overtures, the most compelling reasons for their existence, and the composers’ processes in creating them.
