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Onsite: Opera talk on Verdi’s Aida with Tanisha Mitchell
July 24, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
Free
For adults.
Named a “Mover and Shaker” by Library Journal, Tanisha Mitchell is best known for her innovative work in the arts at the Metropolitan Opera and the Freeport Memorial Library. Join us to hear Tanisha talk about Verdi’s opera, Aïda. Set in Egypt, Aïda is about a love triangle that entangles purity, lust and ultimately betrayal between an Egyptian captain, his king’s daughter and her slave, Aida. Aida experiences conflict between her father and her lover who also enslaves her country.