Lyric Opera Lectures


Enhance your enjoyment and understanding of operas performed in the 2007-2008 season at the Civic Opera House by attending free preview lectures at the Newberry Library by the Lyric Opera Lecture Corps. The Newberry Library will host lectures on six of the season's eight operas.

Admission is free. No reservation is required.

La Bohème
By Giacomo Puccini
Tuesday, October 2, 6:00 pm
Speaker: Lillian Celic

Julius Caesar
By George Frideric Handel
Tuesday, October 23, 6:00 pm
Speaker: Kip Kelley

Die Frau ohne Schatten
By Richard Strauss
Tuesday, November 20, 6:00 pm
Speaker: Larry Lapidus

Dr. Atomic
By John Adams
Tuesday, December 4, 6:00 pm
Speaker: Hank Tausend

Falstaff
By Giuseppe Verdi
Tuesday, January 29, 6:00 pm
Speaker: Sue McCandless

The Barber of Seville
By Gioachino Rossini
Tuesday, February 26, 6:00 pm
Speaker: Marion Goldberg


The Newberry Library gratefully acknowledges the National Endowment for the Humanities and Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Haffner for their generous support of public programming. Major funding is also provided by Richard and Barbara Franke, the MacLean-Fogg Family, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. McGhee, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McNally, and the McCormick Tribune Foundation.

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Chicago, IL 60610-7324

telephone: (312) 255-3700
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