French Culture Professor Gives Lecture on Women in French Opera for Canto Vocal Programs

French Culture Professor Gives Lecture on Women in French Opera for Canto Vocal Programs

Last week, Canto Vocal Programs treated Loudoun County to a lecture on French opera with some musical surprises. Maurice Lugassy, professor of French culture, was invited by the faculty to provide some more background for the participants of the program. The idea was to make the students’ understanding of what they are singing in opera more well-rounded. The focus of the lecture was on 19th-century French opera. Lugassy began by explaining that,…