9/7/2023 0 Comments Lyric opera schedule![]() In fact, because of the many costs involved in preparing for a fall season, it would only have been counterproductive to delay the inevitable.”Įven the plan for a January start-up, effectively the second half of the opera season, will be revisited in October, Freud said. “Over the last three or four weeks, it became increasingly clear that we would not be looking at anything like a normal season come September. “We’ve not only been keeping abreast of information available on city and state guidelines, but we have also been constantly reassessing what our prospects were for presenting opera in the fall,” Freud said. Lyric general director Anthony Freud said the decision to scratch the fall season might have been deferred but that he and the company’s board of directors ultimately saw no point in waiting. Lyric’s Anthony Freud: “The old normal is gone for now.” Wiped from the board by Lyric’s fall season cancellation are the double bill of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci,” as well as George Benjamin’s “Lessons in Love and Violence,” Puccini’s “Tosca” and Verdi’s “Attila.” Lyric saw its much-anticipated presentation of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle shut down before it could open in the spring as the coronavirus pandemic took hold then its spring musical “42nd Street” was postponed, as well. “Blue” was named Opera of the Year on June 17 by the Music Critics Association of North America. ![]() For now, the company plans to resume operation in January with the new opera “Blue,” a riveting tragedy about a black policeman’s family facing violence and heartbreak by Tony Award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori and playwright-librettist Tazewell Thompson. JohnsonĬonfronted by the pandemic’s stark outlook, Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced cancellation of all productions through December, the entire autumn portion of it 2020-21 season. (World premiere photo by Karli Cadel, 2020 Glimmerglass Festival) Report: General director Anthony Freud says it’s time for creative thinking about how to present opera in world of a new normal. ![]() The new opera ‘Blue’ will now open the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s shortened season. ![]()
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