Karyl Charna Lynn
The Opera Critic

Lecture Series and Book Presentations


Book signing presentations at the Italian Embassy, Italian Cultural Institute, Washington D.C.


Italian Opera Houses and Festivals, December 2005


Breve storia dei teatri d'opera italiani, Spring 2002



Book signing presentations of The National Trust Guide to Great Opera Houses in America.


National Press Building, Annual Book Fair, Washington D.C. Fall 1996

Barnes & Noble, 600 Fifth Avenue, New York City
The Architecture and Design Series, November 1996

Border's Bookstore, Evanston, Illinois. December 1996


Lectures and talks?

Italian Embassy's Italian Cultural Institute, Washington D.C. Fall and Winter 2002-2003

Four-part lecture Series at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan. Teatro La Fenice, Venice. Teatro di San Carlo, Naples. Teatro Regio, Parma and Teatro Comunale, Bologna


Italian Cultural Society of Washington. Fall 2004
Lecture on a short history of Italian opera houses

Cosmos Club, Washington D.C. Spring 2007
Lecture on Italy's great opera houses

Programs at Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 1994-1995


Week-end seminar based on her film, An Amish Portrait


First Lady of Opera: An evening with Sarah Caldwell



An Amish Portrait
Sarah Caldwell