Join us on Zoom for Opera Rara’s member “book club”, Reading with Roger. Roger Parker is joined by American musicologist Roger Pines.

This is a free online event for Opera Rara members only. If you are a member, you can register by logging into your My Opera Rara account here.

“Roger Pines has been a valuable dramaturg, historian, and writer to me. His encyclopedic knowledge of singers and singing is hugely valuable to both artists and presenters.” — Renée Fleming

Roger Pines is recognized nationally and internationally as an expert in the field of opera, encompassing writing, lecturing, broadcasting, adjudicating, and repertoire research/consultation. His voice is familiar to a large radio audience from appearances on the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts’ “Opera Quiz,” for which he has been a panelist since the 2005-06 season.

Roger recently concluded his 26-year-tenure at Lyric Opera of Chicago. In addition to serving as dramaturg and editing the company’s house program – for which he also wrote a large number of feature articles each season – he was co-host and co-producer of the company’s live broadcasts (2010-18); a presenter of lectures and moderator of artist panels, both in the opera house and throughout the greater Chicago area; and special lecturer and consultant for the Ryan Opera Center, the company’s renowned young-artist program. He also co-edited the book commemorating the company’s 50th anniversary. During the years following the launching of the “Ask Roger” feature on Lyric’s website in 2016, hundreds of opera enthusiasts emailed questions to him on a wide variety of opera-related topics.