The opera’s libretto is by Kasi Lemmons, the director of the 2019 film Harriet which itself featured a Blanchard-written score. Louis)įinally, the last opera of the season will be Fire Shut Up in My Bones by composer and trumpeter Terence Blanchard, perhaps most famous for his scores for Spike Lee films. Mozart’s The Magic Flute (last presented by Lyric in 2016-17) and Puccini’s Tosca (last presented by Lyric in 2015) are the other treasured operas making returns to Lyric.įire Shut Up In My Bones (Photo: Eric Woolsey / Opera Theatre St. The Elixir of Love will star another Illinois-born Lyric favorite: Ailyn Pérez, who will sing the role of Adina. Macbeth will feature baritone Luca Salsi as the title character in his Lyric debut, while longtime Lyric favorite soprano Sondra Radvanovksy, who hails from Illinois, will return to Chicago to make her role debut as Lady Macbeth. Meanwhile, programming for Lyric Unlimited, the company’s public engagement wing which in particular partners with local schools, will continue but will be shaped by the evolving pandemic as well as the plans of Chicago Public Schools. Lyric is currently assessing the feasibility of presenting a musical theater production. The season announcement was given in partnership with the Joffrey Ballet though the move had been scheduled for the 2020-21 season prior to the pandemic, 2021-22 will also be Joffrey’s inaugural season in residence at the Lyric Opera House.Ī spokesperson from Lyric also updated WFMT on the status of two other key programs: Broadway at Lyric and Lyric Unlimited.
Lyric also notes that audience capacity limits may be implemented if necessary virtual streams will be offered for ticketholders as an alternative to in-person attendance. Included in the announcement is the detail that the four fall operas have been reworked to run a maximum duration of 2.5 hours. One renovation not having to do with COVID-19 is the installation of new seating Lyric declares that this upgrade will widen the aisles and improve sightlines throughout the theater, making for, “a more accessible opera house,” in the words of Freud. Chiefly, audiences will be required to wear masks, and Lyric has implemented new cleaning procedures and installed upgraded air filters, hand sanitizing stations, and touchless fixtures. The Lyric Opera House’s reopening will come with additional safety protocols. Enrique Mazzola (Photo: Jean-Baptiste Millot)
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