Generation O | Out @ the Opera | Lectures and Series

O-Zone Lectures

These educational and entertaining free pre-performance lectures in the Kennedy Center Opera House are the perfect beginning to an evening of opera, providing insight into the composer's mind and the inspiration behind your favorite operas. For the novice, these lectures are a great opportunity to learn more about what you will see during the opera performance; and for the expert they offer new insight into the work and the composer's creative process.

These lectures are free, but patrons must present a ticket or stub from any performance of the production that is being discussed in the lecture.  With the exception of the Siegfried lecture, O-Zone lectures begin at 6:15 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Opera House.  The Siegfried lecture will begin at 4:45 p.m.

Opera Insights

FREE Opera Insights feature historians, writers, critics, and artists who provide perspectives, context, musical illustrations, and excerpts to enhance your opera experience.

Opera Insights begin at 6:00 p.m. on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage.

2008-2009 Insights Schedule

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Artist Q&As

Get the inside scoop on Washington National Opera's productions with our new Q&A sessions.  Following the Sunday matinee performance of each opera, join WNO's artists and artistic staff for a unique opportunity to ask questions about our productions.  Sessions will begin shortly after each performance in the Opera House.

Reservations are not required, but you must have ticket to the matinee performance in order to attend the post-performance Q&A session.

2008-2009 Q&A Sessions

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