The Princeton Festival has announced a series of free virtual events that will be featured as part of this year’s festival.

For the purposes of this article, we will focus on opera-related events, of which there will be four.

First up will be “What the Opera Meant to Paris in the 19^th Century” led by Princeton Art Museum docent Marianne Grey as she traces opera through such artists as Manet, Renoir, and Pissarro.

Streaming Date: June 11, 2021

“Wine, Women, and Song in Opera” will be led by Rutgers music professor Timothy Urban.

Streaming Date: June 14, 2021

Harold Kuskin, who is a former Met Opera backstage tour guide and Overture series lecturer, will lead “Expressions of Love in Opera.”

Streaming Date: June 15, 2021

Finally, Stuart Hold, the Director of School Programs and Community Engagement at the Metropolitan Opera, will lead “Opera or Musical? – The Fine Line that Divides Them.”

Streaming Date: June 17, 2021