News
PFO Sponsors Festival Performer
Friday, July 04, 2014
Category: Announcements
Walker Jermaine Jackson was sponsored by PFO in The Princeton Festival's 2014 performance of Porgy and Bess. Here is his letter to our group, describing his experiences with the company.To the Princeton Friends...
Winter Holiday Party
Friday, January 17, 2014
Category: Events
On Saturday, December seventh, thirty happy PFO souls gathered at the charming home of Sam Greco to celebrate the season. As always, Sam was our most genial host, generously providing the most...
PFO Goes to The Met
Thursday, December 05, 2013
Category: Performances
On Thanksgiving weekend, fourteen PFO opera lovers traveled to the Metropolitan Opera to see and hear Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. Some of us traveled by very crowded train and subway, and the...
Sam Greco and Music in Princeton
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Category: General
For many years now, a quiet, gentle man has helped many arts organizations in the greater Princeton area. Saverio Greco, born in Italy, was raised in Brooklyn, frequenting the Brooklyn Academy of Music...
Matthew Polenzani at Westminster
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Category: Performances
Princeton Friends of Opera members were treated to a lovely reception by Westminster Choir College on July 14, from 5-7 p.m. in Williamson Hall prior to a Master Class led by tenor Matthew Polenzani. The evening was...
Mozart Camp 2013
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Category: Performances
Mozart Camp 2013 This five-day program is put on by the Opera Theater of Pittsburg. This is an interesting company, founded 35 years ago by Mildred Miller, a Metropolitan Opera star in...
From Broadway to Opera
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Category: General
About 20 members of PFO and an equal number of others attended an event at Dvorit Samid’s Lake House, Sunday afternoon, March 26. The program, “From Broadway to Opera,” dealt with the...
Dr. Julia Tulovskys Presentation For PFO
Monday, January 24, 2011
Category: General
On January 11, 2011, dodging a major snowstorm, members of Princeton Friends of Opera trekked to New Brunswick. Here at The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum we met Dr. Julia Tulovsky, Assistant Curator of...
Burhalter/Lockey Lectures on Opera Relating to Pre-Colombian Culture
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Category: General
On Sunday, May 16, John Burkhalter and Nicholas Lockey (Princeton University Doctoral candidate in Musicology) presented lectures on Pre-Colombian music and old world opera at Erdman Hall, Princeton Theological Seminary. Mr. Burkhalter...
Santa Fe Opera Season Report by Carol King
Monday, September 07, 2009
Category: General
The Santa Fe Opera house is in the mountains north of the city, and making the scenic drive up there a wonderful beginning of the evening. The theater has no curtain, no...