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09:30AM, Monday 27 October 2025

THE next Opera Prelude lecture recital, “Villains and Cads!”, takes place at Christ Church in Reading Road next Friday, October 31 (11am to 1pm).

Bass baritone Jacob Bettinelli and award-winning pianist Francesca Lauri will look at the dark side of the male voice. From the dastardly Don Giovanni to the vile Scarpia and a host of incarnations of Mefistofeles by Boito, Stravinsky and Berlioz, the lecture recital may be a good time to catch Jacob as his star is in the ascendancy.

Tickets cost £30. For more information, visit operaprelude.org/ regional-events/ villains-and-cads

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