This Thursday, August 24, 2017, Manhattan’s opera fanatics and “opera curious” are set to dine in the historic, renovated, 6-floor townhouse in New York City’s Upper West Side.

This fundraising event for Berkshire Opera Festival, whose opening of “Ariadne auf Naxos” is this Saturday, is designed as a “culinary crash course” in Italian opera. Basil and Roses kitchen has conjured up a menu expertly paired for the educational event featuring historic recordings, images and scores and even a short live performance. “Don Giovanni Fiery Pits of Hell Shrimp” is one such hot ticket hors d’oeuvre being served through the home boasting of two outdoor pieces of real-estate.