Welcome!
The Opera Club of The Villages encourages all lovers of good music who are residents of The Villages to attend our regular monthly meetings and the special performances scheduled. You do not have to sing or know all about opera - a love of good music is our only requirement. Members as well as visitors are welcome.
The main mission of the Opera Club is to collect donations from members and friends, or from special fund raising events, to fund the Harold S. Schwartz Music Scholarships, which are awarded to graduating high school seniors from Lake, Marion and Sumter Counties, who are planning to pursue music education in college.
In the past two years we have awarded more than $50,000 to deserving students.
You may receive advance notice of upcoming events, as well as news about the club by signing up for email. To get on our mailing list or to change an exisiting email address, please contact Roy Ullrich at prbyroy@earthlink.net.
Meetings - with rare exceptions - are held on the first Thursday of the month from September through May at 7:00 p.m. in the Madison Room of the Laurel Manor Recreation Center.
MARCH 2012 MEETING
Our own Oscar Feliu presented a wonderful program of romantic songs in several languages, with classical guitar accompaniment.
Oscar poses (below) with long time piano accompanist Joanne Wimmer.
April 2012 Opera Club Meeting
"Bach with a Beat"
The conductor (above), the men's section at right, the whole chorus (below), and some of the ladies (bottow right)
