Indulge your passion for opera by attending our opera lecture series moderated by former Lyric Opera of Chicago docents.
All of our lectures are on Thursday evenings from 7:00-8:30 and are held in the Multipurpose Room.
The Rhinemaidens guard the magical gold that can be transformed into a ring that grants its owner unlimited power. When Alberich steals the gold, Wotan, the king of the gods, vies with him for supreme power.
The first of the four music dramas that make up Der Ring des Nibelungen. Wagner was forced to allow it to be performed without the other three dramas.
October 6 - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
Lucia and Edgardo of Ravenswood are in love, but their two clans are bitter rivals. Lucia's brother Enrico sets out to kill his young sister's romance by lies, forgery, and finally the false revelation of Edgardo's infidelity.
Lucia is a drama tragico (tragic opera) in three acts and is the most famous of all bel canto opera. The "Lucia Sextet" ("Chi mi frena in tal momento?") is used in the film The Great Caruso, Scarface, and The Departed.
October 27 - Les Troyens (The Trojans) by Hector Berlioz
The drama of the Trojan War, filled with heroes and tragedy, is an operatic retelling of Virgil's Aeneid. Carthage queen, Didon, falls in love with the Trojan prince Enee. In the end, she kills herself because he has to found the Roman Empire.
The most famous aria is "Nuit d'ivresse," the love duet before Enee abandons Cathage.
Inspired by the greatest of all Spanish novels, Don Quichotte is the story of an eccentric idealist and self-proclaimed knight errant who tilts at windmills and fights for the honor of his lady Dulcinee.
Massenet's was inspired by Le chevalier de la longue figure, a play by the poet Jacques Le Lorrain.
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