Christoph Willibald Gluck’s exquisite drama introduces us to Orpheus, the poet and musician whose every word and note communicate the most overwhelming love for his Eurydice. In this contemporary setting, Orphée the poet and musician is reimagined as a choreographer, and his beloved Eurydice is a ballerina. (7/18)
7/4 R. Wagner: Die Walküre (in German)
(Lyric Opera of Chicago)
CAST:
Siegmund: Brandon Jovanovich
Sieglinde: Elisabet Strid
Hunding: Ain Anger
Wotan: Eric Owens
Brünnhilde: Christine Goerke
Fricka: Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
Gerhilde: Whitney Morrison
Helmwige: Alexandra LoBianco
Waltraute: Catherine Martin
Schwertleite: Lauren Decker
Ortlinde: Laura Wilde
Siegrune: Deborah Nansteel
Grimgerde: Zanda Šv?de
Rossweisse: Lindsay Ammann
7/11 Gounod: Faust (in French)
(Lyric Opera of Chicago)
CAST:
Faust: Benjamin Bernheim
Marguerite: Ailyn Pérez
Méphistophélès: Christian Van Horn
Valentin: Edward Parks
7/18 Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice (in French)
(Lyric Opera of Chicago)
CAST:
Orphée: Dmitry Korchak
Eurydice: Andriana Chuchman
Amour: Lauren Snouffer
7/25 Bellini: I puritani (in Italian)
(Lyric Opera of Chicago)
CAST:
Elvira: Albina Shagimuratova
Arturo: Lawrence Brownlee
Riccardo: Anthony Clark Evans
Giorgio: Adrian Sâmpetrean
