For many years, Opera Guild of Rochester has delivered free lectures on a wide range of opera topics. We do these to provide historical background and musical context for operas and composers, and to present operas that the audience might otherwise not have access to or that might prove difficult to understand or appreciate.

Carol Crocca's latest lecture highlights one of Puccini’s masterpieces, Madama Butterfly, the tragic story of the former geisha girl’s “marriage” to an American lieutenant. Carol is president of Opera Guild of Rochester.