The Diva Season features soprano roles in which stars are born and divas reign. But are the title characters victims, heroines or both? Jan Del Sesto offers an informative and very entertaining talk about the role of women in the most frequently performed operas for your group, club, or private party. Take a feminist look at how women are portrayed by the male composers of the popular 18th and 19th Century operas we all know and love. What is the male idea of the "perfect" women? Has it changed or does the ideal woman of the 21st Century still share many of the characteristics of the great divas of opera? A fun look at the dead divas of yesterday and the living divas of our time.