Explore Civil War spy stories at Library of Virginia’s ‘Intelligence’ event

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- The Library of Virginia and Virginia Opera will be presenting a discussion panel and performance of "Intelligence."

On Jan. 26, the Library of Virginia and Virginia Opera announced that there will be a free panel discussion and a live performance about the Civil War era espionage stories that inspired the opera, "Intelligence."

This event, “Decoding 'Intelligence': The Real-Life Spy Network Behind the Opera,” will be at the lecture hall in the Library of Virginia, located at 800 E Broad St, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, from 6 to 7:15 p.m.

Trenton Hizer, the Library's senior manuscripts acquisition and digital archivist, Nathan Hall, a park ranger from the National Park Service and author Libby Carty McNamee will be providing comments on the spy network and resistance from individuals such as Elizabeth Van Lew and Mary Jane Bowser, according to the release.

Adam Turner will be the moderator for this discussion. He is also the artistic director and chief conductor of Virginia Opera.

After the discussion, a live performance will follow from the Virginia Opera.

For more information and to register for this event, visit the Library of Virginia's website here.