Festival Opera artists will take the mystery out of opera when they present For Singing Out Loud! at Walnut Creek Library.

Soprano Kristin Clayton Knesevic and baritone Zachary Gordin will give a brief overview of opera’s history, explain how they use their voices to tell stories, and share musical excerpts along with a live voice demonstration.

Sponsored by the Walnut Creek Library Foundation, this free program is open to the public. RSVPs are encouraged and can be made online at www.wclibrary.org/live or by telephone at 925.935.5395.

Since 1991, Festival Opera has been bringing professional opera at affordable prices to San Francisco’s East Bay communities. For more information visit www.festivalopera.org.

Live! from the Library, produced by the Walnut Creek Library Foundation, features free public lectures, literary events, and cultural programs at the Walnut Creek and Ygnacio Valley libraries. Program sponsors are the East Bay Times, Friends of the Walnut Creek Library, and Minuteman Press Lafayette. For more information about this and other Walnut Creek Library Foundation programs, please visit www.wclibrary.org, or call 925.935.5395.