“Opera in America: Stories, People, Places” Mr. Zaretti’s presentation will include photos, musical performances by University of Michigan voice students, and stories of Italian composers and their ties to America, including Mozart librettist Lorenzo da Ponte’s time in America, connections between Verdi’s music and Abraham Lincoln, and the links between The Civil War and I Puritani by Bellini and much more! In cooperation with the Italian Consulate of Detroit PROGRAM: Mozart - Madamin, il catalogo è questo from Don Giovanni; Mozart - Voi che sapete from Le nozze di Figaro; verdi - Re dell’abisso from Un ballo in maschera; Gounod - Avant de quitter ces lieux from Faust; Puccini - Che gelida manina from La Boheme; Donizetti - Ah mes amis from La fille du Regiment; Verdi - O patria mia from Aida; Gershwin - Summer time from Porgy and Bess