Opera Roundtable

If you’re walking through the Moorestown Library on a Thursday night and hear the distant sounds of opera, you’re not imagining it. The tunes have lured more than one person to investigate where the music is coming from, and in doing so, they’ve stumbled upon the library’s monthly “Opera Round Table.” Founder Bill Holt views the roundtables as a means of preparing opera enthusiasts for what they’ll be watching, so he takes his preparation for each event seriously by doing hours of research on each opera. He finds audio and clips and tries to bring as much knowledge as he can to the table, but given the nature of the discussion, he finds he’s often learning just as much as he presents.