Want to speak fluent operatic? Lyric's crash courses can help

Lyric Opera of Chicago is providing several ways for audiences to bone up on their Verdi, Puccini, Mozart and all the other composers represented in its 55th season, which begins Sept. 26 with Puccini's "Tosca."Lyric dramaturg Roger Pines will moderate the eight panel discussions of this year's Discovery Series, for which he will be joined by singers, conductors and directors from the 2009-10 roster. Each hourlong session will take place at 6 p.m. in the UBS Tower Ballroom, 1 N. Wacker Drive, ex...

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