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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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Part of the series Romantic Opera in Three Acts with Maestro James Conlon

James Conlon: Romantic Opera in Three Acts, Part III

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Struggle, Success, and Mastery in the works of Verdi and Wagner

With Maestro James Conlon.

Co-presented by UCLA’s Department of Comparative Literature, Department of Musicology, UCLA Opera, Herb Alpert School of Music, and the Regents of the University of California

Tuesday, February 19, 7:30PM | Part I
Thursday, February 21, 7:30PM | Part II
Thursday, March 7, 7:30PM | Part III

Maestro James Conlon, Richard Seaver Music Director of the LA Opera, has been named Regents’ Lecturer at UCLA for winter 2013 and will give a series of three lectures with musical examples in honor of the 200th anniversaries of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the two greatest opera composers of the 19th century.

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