Opera is one of the most exciting and complex art forms, combining theater, orchestra, staging, costume, acting, singing, dancing, and everything else associated with musical drama.  For over 400 years, composers have created operatic masterpieces that have thrilled audiences around the world.  Explore the stories, characters and music of the following operas with Robert W. Butts, one of New Jersey's leading opera conductors:

Claudio Monteverdi - L'Orfeo

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Magic Flute

Giuseppe Verdi - Il Trovatore

Richard Wagner - Siegfried

Giacomo Puccini - The Girl of The Golden West