Lecture by the Arts Society - The Life and Works of Giacomo Puccini
28th January 2025
Roger Askew: A Life of Art and Love – The Life and Works of Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini is one of the most popular of all operatic composers. His ability to convey strong emotion through the power of the human voice and his unique handling of the orchestra earned him a place among the most important musical figures of the 20th century. His own life was as colourful as one of his operatic plots.
This lecture, which is illustrated with recordings of some of the greatest opera singers of the 20th and 21st centuries, explores the life and works of this fascinating man on the centenary of his death.
Roger was a chorister at Wells Cathedral School and a choral scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated with an honours degree in English. He combined a teaching career with professional singing in London, and after obtaining a further degree in Music, he became Director of Music at Daniel Stewart’s and Melville College in Edinburgh. After retiring in 2003 he returned to the south of England and is President Emeritus of The Stoke Poges Society
About the Arts Society
The Arts Society Wensleydale is the local arts society group (formerly known as NADFAS) for Richmond, Masham, Leyburn and the Dales.
Are you interested in the arts and discovering more? The Arts Society Wensleydale can offer you an excellent programme of talks from carefully selected lecturers who are experts in their fields and chosen for their excellent presentation skills and their academic knowledge.
Timings & Admission
2pm start
Visitors and non-members welcome, but a charitable donation is appreciated.
