September 19, 2006

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Preview the Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2006-2007 season by enrolling in sessions offered by the Emeritus Program at Oakton Community College. This seven-week course meets 1 - 3 p.m., starting Friday, Oct. 13, at Oakton's Ray Hartstein Campus, 7701 N. Lincoln Ave., Skokie. Course fee is $100.

Previews include background information on the composer and the opera, highlighted by audio and video excerpts. Scheduled sessions include:

• Turandot (Oct. 13), Puccini's masterpiece about an exotic Chinese princess who challenges her suitors to answer three impossible riddles.
• Iphigenie en Tauride (Oct. 20), a rare 1779 masterpiece by Gluck.
• Salome (Oct. 27), Richard Strauss' opera based on an Oscar Wilde play.
• Il Trovatore (Nov. 3), Verdi's tale of two brothers who fight over a woman.
• Die Fledermaus (Nov. 10), a comic opera overflowing with the infectious melodies of Vienna's "Waltz King," Johann Strauss.
• Cosi Fan Tutte (Nov. 17), a comic collaboration between Mozart and Lorenzo de Ponte on the topic of fidelity.
• Dialogues of the Carmelites (Dec. 1), based on a true story from the Reign of Terror, set in 1794 France.

Oakton's Emeritus Program offers credit and noncredit courses, lectures, seminars, and tours, while providing a chance to share learning experiences with peers age 50 and over.

For more information about the Emeritus Program, including costs of featured lectures, call 847-635-1414 or 847-982-9888, press 3. For a complete list of Emeritus classes, course fees, seminars, and events, visit www.oakton.edu/emeritus.

Media Contact: Bill Paige (847) 635-1806

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