Garibaldi-Meucci Museum - 420 Tompkins Avenue - Staten Island, NY 10305. Wednesday afternoons, 1:30 p.m., October 12 to November 16, 2016. Lou Barrella: The Joy of Italian Opera. A Trip to Operatic Italy. Powerful Scenes in Opera. Similar Scenes in Film & Opera. Puccini's "Unfortunate Heroines"; Verdi's "Fathers & Daughters"

Louis Barrella has been a dedicated Music Educator for over 40 years, specializing in Music and Opera Appreciation in schools and for many Cultural Organizations. Most importantly, he has given workshops and organized student trips for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Opera for 35 years and continues to do so. He has been a Guest Lecturer at Colleges, Museums and Cultural Institutions throughout the Metropolitan Area. He has lectured many times for the Garibaldi Meucci Museum both in-house and for the Speaker's Bureau. In 2003, he received the Dr. Leonard Covello Lifetime Achievement Award from The Italian Teachers' Association for his Outstanding Contributions to Italian Culture which he proudly continues to promote! For the fall schedule, costs and reservations please call the museum: 718-442-1608

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