The Lyric Opera of Chicago is set to open its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the season. Tomasz Konieczny leads Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” alongside Tamara Wilson, Robert Watson, and Mika Kares. Enrique Mazzola conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 23, 2023 – Oct. 7, 2023 Audra MacDonald will perform in one evening. Performance Date: Oct. 6, 2023 Donizetti’s “La {…}
(Credit: Kyle Flubacker) The new immersive projection exhibit “Mozart Immersive: The Soul of A Genius” will be previewed after a special performance by members of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Music of the Baroque. Following vocal and orchestral performances, Constantine Orbelian, the conductor responsible for the musical score, will discuss insights about the exhibit. Attendees will then be given {…}
Cecilia Violetta López has joined the cast of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s “The Factotum.” She will take over for Gabriella Reyes, who was originally announced as part of the cast. López recently appeared at the Houston Grand Opera in “La Traviata;” she will reprise the role in May with the same company. She will also perform “Rusalka” at Opera {…}
Works & Process has announced its 2023 season of programming, with performances at the Guggenheim Museum, Lincoln Center, and the New York Library for the Performing Arts. Among the performances are “The Factotum,” presented by Lyric Opera of Chicago and featuring Grammy-nominated baritone Will Liverman. Inspired by “The Barber of Seville” and set in a Black barbershop in Chicago, highlights {…}
The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center has announced the 12 singers who have been selected for its 2023-24 Ensemble. The Opera Center said that Mezzo-sopranos Lucy Baker and Sophia Maekawa, tenor Travon D. Walker, and bass-baritone Christopher Humbert, Jr., will join eight returning singers of the Ensemble: sopranos Kathryn Henry and Lindsey Reynolds, tenors Ryan Capozzo and {…}
Lyric Opera of Chicago has Announces Jennifer Elaine Boyd as the New Vice President of People & Culture. Boyd comes to Lyric as the next step in a successful career as a senior human resources executive and consultant. She has worked with several significant nonprofit organizations, including YMCA of the USA and After School Matters. With the YMCA of Metropolitan {…}
Jose Maria Condemi is speaking out against the Lyric Opera of Chicago regarding the revival of Verdi’s “Ernani.” The director took to Facebook and posted a lengthy letter noting that the revival fo his production from 2009 had been staged without ever being notified or given the option to direct the revival. He said, “I was not planning to post {…}
The Lyric Opera of Chicago has put out a statement in reaction to the shooting at Highland Park on July 4. The company released a statement via social media noting, “The company members of Lyric Opera of Chicago are holding our neighbors in the Highland Park, Illinois community — and too many victims of tragic gun violence across our city, {…}
The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Patrick G. and Shirely W. Ryan Opera Center has announced its 2022-23 ensemble. The new participants will include sopranos Kathryn Henry and Lindsey Reynolds; tenors Ryan Capozzo and Alejandro Luévanos; baritones Laureano Quant and Ian Rucker; and basses Ron Dukes and William Clay Thompson. Among the six returning members of the Ensemble are soprano Denis Vélez, mezzo-soprano Katherine DeYoung, tenors Martin Luther Clark and Lunga Eric Hallam, conductor/pianist Donald Lee III, and pianist Chris {…}
Argentinean baritone Fabián Veloz is one of the most renowned opera artists in his country. His professional debut came in the South American premiere of “Estaba la Madre” at the Teatro Argentino in La Plata and he has gone on to perform with some of the major companies in the South American company including the Teatro Avenida, the Teatro Argentino, {…}
Opera America has announced the recipients of its 2022 Repertoire Development Grants. The recipients for the grant include American Lyric Theater, Beth Morrison Projects, Houston Grand Opera, MassOpera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Pensacola Opera, OperaDelaware, and Virginia Opera. In sum, the nine companies will receive $225,000 to develop eight new American operas. “Fostering the creation {…}