Lyric Opera of Chicago, founded in 1954, is one of the world's greatest opera companies. It is renowned internationally for its artistic excellence and financial strength. Over the past two decades the company has achieved unparalleled success in its ticket sales, averaging 100% attendance from 1988-2002. Lyric Opera is also distinguished for having operated in the black for 20 of the past 21 years.
A rarely heard gem of French grand opera receives its long-awaited first performance at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Jules Massenet’s take on the Biblical story of Salomé, inspired by Gustave Flaubert’s literary retelling, brings a surprisingly introspective flair to this dark drama of jealousy and obsession.
Lyric Music Director Enrique Mazzola leads a concert production that highlights a lush score filled with haunting choral chants, sultry dances, and Hollywood-esque evocations of first-century Jerusalem.
A quintet of all-star soloists explore Hérodiade’s richly complex characters through an abundance of soaring arias, from Salomé’s “Il est doux, il est bon” to Hérode’s “Vision fugitive.”
Language: Sung in French with projected English titles
Running Time: 3 hours 15 minutes, including 1 intermission
A rarely heard gem of French grand opera receives its long-awaited first performance at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Jules Massenet’s take on the Biblical story of Salomé, inspired by Gustave Flaubert’s literary retelling, brings a surprisingly introspective flair to this dark drama of jealousy and obsession.
Lyric Music Director Enrique Mazzola leads a concert production that highlights a lush score filled with haunting choral chants, sultry dances, and Hollywood-esque evocations of first-century Jerusalem.
A quintet of all-star soloists explore Hérodiade’s richly complex characters through an abundance of soaring arias, from Salomé’s “Il est doux, il est bon” to Hérode’s “Vision fugitive.”
Language: Sung in French with projected English titles
Running Time: 3 hours 15 minutes, including 1 intermission
I performered as a featured Soloist for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Hinsdale chapter's, spring luncheon. Repertoire included The Jewel Song by Guonod, Ch'il bel Sogno di Doretta and Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì by Puccini, Ach ich fühl's, Prenderò quel brunettino, and Sull'aria by Mozart.
There’s nothing like Sunday in the Park with Lyric, as artists from The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center perform a variety of selections conducted by Music Director Enrique Mazzola with members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra. Grab your favorite music-loving friends, a blanket or lawn chair, some delicious snacks, and join us for this free, fun, friendly, can't miss delight under the stars that always signals that a new cultural season is just around the corner.
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