We discuss the impact that the next generation of Extremely Large Telescopes
will have on the open astrophysical problems of resolved stellar populations.
In particular, we address the interplay between multiband photometry and
spectroscopy.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures. To appear in the proceedings of "EWASS 2013
Symposium 5: Local Group, Local Cosmology," (8-9 July 2013, Turku, Finland),
Mem. S.A.It, M. Monelli and S. Salvadori Ed
