Lyric Opera Preview Schedule

Note: all programs are in the meeting room, and begin at 2:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted. The public is invited and there is no admission charge. Titles are linked to the Lyric Opera of Chicago website.

2011 Dates:   

Sunday, September 25: Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffman

Sunday, October 9: Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor

Sunday, November 6: Mussorgsky's  Boris Godenov

Sunday, November 20: Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos

Sunday, December 4: Mozart's The Magic Flute

2012 Dates:

Sunday, January 22: Verdi's Aida

Sunday, February 12: Hammerstein's Show Boat

Sunday, February 26: Handel's Rinaldo

The Homewood Library offers a broad range of operatic material for your listening and reading pleasure.

• Recordings: for the current as well as past seasons are available for loan in a variety of formats
• Commentaries on CD: a separate CD for each opera.
• The New Grove Dictionary of Opera: four volumes about opera in the Reference Department.
• Books: a large selection of books on opera, composers, and music.