Speaker: Garry Batt
Dorset Opera Festival Chairman, Garry Batt, kicks off the new Bluffers Lunch season with a spirited romp through drinking and drunkards in opera. After a 75-minute lecture with audio-visual clips in Slepe Green Barn, we head to the house for a hot 2-course lunch with a glass of wine. Back to the barn for Q&As […]
Speaker: Adrian Thorpe
At this Bluffers' Lunch, Adrian Thorpe explores the life and works of Hector Berlioz, one of France’s most fêted composers, who lived as dramatically as any of his characters. Adrian will touch on epics such as Les Troyens, Benvenuto Cellini and the darkly splendid Damnation de Faust, interspersed with love stories, artistic battles, and his […]
Speaker: Seymour Adams
For this Bluffers Lunch lecture, Seymour Adams descends once more from the surtitles box to explore how Scottish culture, history and landscape have influenced opera composers and librettists, and what that may say about them, and about the Scots. After a 75-minute lecture with audio-visual clips in Slepe Green Barn, we head to the house […]
Speaker: Brian Kay
Brian Kay, broadcaster, conductor and singer, talks about this life in music. Well known as the bass in The King’s Singers during their formative years, Brian is a noted choral conductor and principal conductor of The Really Big Chorus. His many radio presentations have included Friday Night is Music Night for Radio 2, Brian Kay’s […]
Speaker: Julian Guest
Julian Guest returns to the Bluffers Lunch podium. After a 75-minute lecture illustrated with audio-visual clips on the cinema screen in Slepe Green Barn, we head over into the house for a delicious 2-course lunch with a glass of wine. Vegetarian, GF etc. catered for on request. Back to the barn for a Q&A session […]