![]() ![]() It’s the kind of piece you only do if you have a great Samson and Delilah.” Lyric has Brandon Jovanovich as Samson and Clementine Margaine as Delilah. “It involves enormous production forces, and the title roles are really demanding but absolutely thrilling when they’re done by artists who can really deliver them. #LYRIC OPERA 2021 SEASON MOVIE#DeMille movie of a biblical story,” an apt comparison. Freud likens the spectacle of Saint-Saens’ opera to “a Cecil B. “Samson and Delilah.” Seven performances of a new-to-Chicago production, Jan. The title ‘Proving Up’ is the list of rules that settlers had to satisfy in order to be able to become homesteaders.” Though the story is historic, it has contemporary resonances, says Freud, because “it’s essentially about the American dream.” Lyric music director designate Mazzola will conduct. Missy Mazzoli, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s composer-in-residence, has penned what Freud calls “a very intense chamber opera set in Nebraska in the 19th century. “Proving Up.” Four performances of a Chicago premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier, Jan. “She has to dazzle with her vocal acrobatics and at the same time have vocal weight for really dramatic ensembles.” Russian bass Dmitry Belosselskiy will sing the title role, and Tamara Wilson will sing Odabella, which is “one of those impossible Verdi roles,” says Freud. “‘Atilla’ is a very different sort of piece, really early Verdi at its most energetic, most rhythmical, so much vitality,” says Freud. #LYRIC OPERA 2021 SEASON SERIES#Music director designate Mazzola will conduct the second in Lyric’s series of early Verdi operas, all under his baton. “Atilla.” Five performances of a new-to-Chicago production, Nov. Sondra Radvanovsky will star in one of her signature roles, with Joseph Calleja as Cavaradossi. and also injecting vitality, energy and a sense of imagination,” says Freud. ![]() The challenge of presenting a classic Puccini opera is “to find the right balance between providing audiences with what they expect. “Tosca.” Nine performances of a new-to-Chicago production, Nov. Sondra Radvanovsky as Floria in a previous performance of "Tosca," in Los Angeles. I was blown away by ‘Written on Skin,’ and when I began to hear that he was interested in writing a new piece, it seemed to me that it would be wonderful for Lyric to present the North American premiere of it.” The work is a “political thriller, which takes place in a contemporary totalitarian state,” according to Lyric. A Lyric Opera co-commission and co-production with several other companies, the score is by George Benjamin, whom Freud considers “one of the greatest contemporary opera composers. “Lessons in Love and Violence.” Five performances of a North American premiere, Sept. “It’s a production that I feel very close to, because I originally commissioned it at the Welsh National Opera,” says Freud of his earlier tenure as that company’s general director. #LYRIC OPERA 2021 SEASON PLUS#The beloved double-bill will feature the Lyric debuts of Elena Pankratova and Evgenia Muraveva, plus the returns of Brian Jagde and Russell Thomas, conducted by Carlo Rizzi. “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci.” Seven performances of an original Lyric production, Sept. So instead, this year soprano and Lyric creative consultant Renee Fleming will perform, followed by “dancing, champagne toasts and more” at the opera house, according to a Lyric statement. “We felt that the Lyric tradition of having an opera performance followed by the Opera Ball outside the opera house was something we wanted to rethink,” says Freud. Lyric will open the season with something new. For details and tickets, phone 31 or “Opening Night 2020.” 6 p.m. All performances are at Lyric Opera, 20 N. “I think it’s very happy and comparatively unusual for someone who’s appointed music director but hasn’t yet started to have such a continual presence before he begins as music director in fall of 2021,” adds Freud.įollowing is a chronological guide to the next season. He’ll conduct Verdi’s “Attila” (opening Nov. The next season also will mark conductor Mazzola’s second as music director designate. “It’s a quite wonderful reflection of his years as music director.” I think it’s wonderful for us to remember that he’s not only one of the great opera conductors, but he’s one of the great symphonic conductors. I’m also particularly thrilled that the ‘Knight to Celebrate’ is not what you would expect in an opera house. “The three productions that he’s conducting … couldn’t demonstrate more clearly his (Andrew Davis’) range. ![]()
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