Archive for the ‘Operafest’ Category
06/30/18 – Lessons in Love and Violence – 1pm
The Royal Opera LESSONS IN LOVE AND VIOLENCE COMPOSER: George Benjamin LIBRETTIST: Martin Crimp Sung in English, Approx. Length: 1 hour, 50 minutes photo credit: Stephen Cummiskey CAST: Stéphane Degout King Barbara Hannigan Isabel Gyula Orendt Gaveston / Stranger Peter Hoare Mortimer Samuel Boden Boy / Young King Jennifer France Witness 1 / Singer 1 / Woman 1 Krisztina […]
06/23/18 – I Puritani – 1pm
by Vincenzo Bellini Sung in Italian photo credit: Todd Rosenberg I Puritani Opera Overview Of all opera composers, none glorified the human voice more than Bellini. His final opera was I Puritani, in which a soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass can truly revel in some of the most thrilling vocal music ever written. Opera companies produce […]
06/16/18 – Turandot – 1pm
NEW-TO-CHICAGO PRODUCTION by Giacomo Puccini Sung in Italian photo credit: Todd Rosenberg Turandot Opera Overview Turandot, Puccini’s final opera and one of the biggest blockbusters in the repertoire, transports us to an exotic fantasy of ancient China. There the regal, forbidding Princess Turandot poses three riddles to each prince who wishes to win her — […]
06/09/18 – The Pearl Fishers – 1pm
NEW-TO-CHICAGO PRODUCTION (Les pêcheurs de perles) by Georges Bizet Sung in French photo credit: Andrew Cioffi The Pearl Fishers Opera Overview For sheer exotic beauty, Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers has few rivals in the entire repertoire. The opera’s famed duet for tenor and baritone is a soaring melody that has turned countless opera newcomers into ecstatic […]
06/02/18 – Die Walküre – 1pm
NEW PRODUCTION by Richard Wagner Sung in German photo credit: Cory Weaver Die Walküre Opera Overview After the triumph of Das Rheingold in 2016/17, Lyric continues the thrilling journey through Wagner’s monumental Ring cycle with Die Walküre. This is the most deeply moving and romantic of all the Ring operas. Its riveting, devastating drama involves […]
05/26/18 – Rigoletto – 1pm
NEW-TO-CHICAGO PRODUCTION by Giuseppe Verdi Sung in Italian front page photo credit: ToddRosenberg Rigoletto Opera Overview There’s no character in opera more powerfully dramatic than the court jester Rigoletto, whose acid tongue and all-consuming desire for revenge lead to catastrophe for himself and his sweet, love-struck daughter Gilda. Of all the great Verdi works, none boasts more unforgettable […]
05/12/18 – Orphée et Eurydice – 1pm LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO BEGINS
NEW PRODUCTION Orphée et Eurydice (Orpheus and Eurydice) by Christoph Willibald Gluck Sung in French with projected English translations Featuring The Joffrey Ballet Orphée et Eurydice Opera Overview One of opera’s most beautiful masterpieces, Gluck’s exquisite drama introduces us to Orpheus, the poet and musician whose every word and note communicate the most overwhelming love […]
11/25/17 – Amleto – 1pm
Opera Southwest Amleto by composer Franco Faccio librettist Arrigo Boito CAST: Amleto (Hamlet, Prince of Denmark) Alex Richardson Claudio (Claudius, King of Denmark) Shannon De Vine Polonio (Polonius, Lord Chamberlain) Matthew Curran Orazio (Horatio, Amleto’s friend) Joseph Hubbard Marcello (Marcellus, a Sentry) Paul Bower Laerte (Laertes, Polonio’s son) Javier Gonzalez Ofelia (Ophelia, […]
11/18/17 – Tancredi – 1pm
Opera Southwest Tancredi by composer Gioachino Rossini librettist Gaetano Rossi CAST: Tancredi Heather Johnson Amenaide Lindsay Ohse Argirio Heath Huberg Orbazzano Matthew Curran Isaura Madelyn Wanner Roggiero Chelsea Duval-Major ENSEMBLE: Opera Southwest Orchestra and Chorus CONDUCTOR: Anthony […]
11/11/17 – Il Pirata – 1pm
Caramoor Opera Il Pirata by Vincenzo Bellini libretto by Felice Romani Overview This season’s operatic centerpiece is a semi-staged production of Bellini’s 1827 breakthrough opera Il pirata (“The Pirate”). Artist-in-Residence Angela Meade, whose revelatory Caramoor performance of the same composer’s Norma was hailed as “a truly perfect night at the opera” by Das Opernglas, takes on the […]
