September
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Preview 2007-08 Lyric Opera Season at Oakton
Preview the Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2007-08 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. 12, 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:
La Traviata (Oct. 12), Verdi's tragic story of a Parisian courtesan.
La Boheme (Oct. 19), Puccini's popular opera about struggling young artists.
Giulio Cesare (Oct. 26), Handel's Baroque masterpiece featuring Cleopatra.
Doctor Atomic (Oct. 26), a modern work about the 1945 debut of the atom bomb.
Die Frau Ohne Schatten (Nov. 2), a fairy tale opera by Richard Strauss.
Falstaff (Nov. 9), Verdi's final opera based on a popular Shakespearean character.
The Barber of Seville (Nov. 16), one of the most performed operas by Rossini.
Eugene Onegin (Nov. 30), Tchaikovsky's opera about a cynical anti-hero.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.
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