Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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The Greater Victoria Public Library and Pacific Opera Victoria's Civic Engagement Quartet are back to continue your opera education! This week's lesson: how to sound like an opera aficionado when talking to people in the lobby. They cover terms like legato, coloratura, and the full-proof method of comparing singer's voices to food, because who doesn't love the phrase "a chocolate-y voice"?

Civic Engagement Quartet:
Simran Claire
Charlotte Siegel
Kaden Forsberg
Micah Schroeder

See more of the Civic Engagement Quartet at: pacificopera.ca/event/music-alive

Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:00 What do I say?
1:30 Foods
1:58 Legato
2:22 Coloratura
2:58 Control & Ping
3:28 Subjective opinions
3:50 Any can enjoy opera