#Parking at lyric opera house series

(Premiering December 13, 2020, at 6:00 pm CT on Lyric’s YouTube and Facebook) (A fully staged presentation of Attila was originally programmed as part of Lyric’s early Verdi series.) This performance event will also feature members of the Lyric Opera Chorus, under the direction of Chorus Master Michael Black, and original commentary from Maestro Mazzola.

Attila Highlights in Concert: Explore More with Enrique Mazzola - Music Director Designate Enrique Mazzola leads world-renowned principal artists and Lyric favorites-soprano Tamara Wilson/Odabella, tenor Matthew Polenzani/Foresto, baritone Quinn Kelsey/Ezio, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn/Attila (the latter three are Ryan Opera Center alumni)-in a performance of piano-accompanied excerpts from the work.The artists will enjoy the opportunity to work with Sir Andrew, one on one, through excerpts of one of his favorite operas, Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, which he is scheduled to conduct at Lyric in the spring of 2021. Master Classes with Sir Andrew Davis - Lyric’s music director Sir Andrew Davis will share a behind-the-scenes look at high-level operatic training with members of the Ryan Opera Center Ensemble.

#Parking at lyric opera house series

Each episode features a personal interpretation and reading by Maestro Mazzola of one of the twelve musical numbers of Verdi’s opera, Attila. The series will offer unique insights into this marvelous score from the conductor’s perspective.

Breaking Down the Score: Attila with Maestro Enrique Mazzola - An original, engaging, and delightful web series conceived by and starring Enrique Mazzola, Lyric’s music director designate.

Lyric will offer a series of virtual and digital experiences for audiences around the world to access, featuring a variety of original works: Casting and venue information for Twilight: Gods will be shared at a later date. There will also be a film created of the project to enable the widest possible audience to experience it. He will recontextualize Wagner’s original story and place it in a local context, as his narration links the scenes together. young, who will be a prominent part of the experience. Lyric has commissioned new texts, written and performed by Chicago interdisciplinary artist avery r. Sung in English, with a mixture of live and pre-recorded elements, Twilight: Gods will comprise several distinct installations, each its own, self-contained, designed world. The complete drive-through experience is planned to last just over an hour, with sets of discrete scenes interpreted by singers, small instrumental groups, and actors.

Audiences will drive through the immersive work, allowing them to navigate through an industrial parking garage in the safety of their own cars, while experiencing this reimagining of the final chapter of Wagner’s epic Ring cycle. Twilight: Gods, in its Chicago premiere, promises part live performance, part art installation, and an unexpected new performance venue. I’m proud to say that our upcoming slate of programming brings exciting, fresh, and experimental new takes on our artform to life and also provides some new approaches to the core repertoire.” “We have needed to harness all of the company’s creative and artistic forces to create original projects and productions designed specifically for digital platforms and reinvent how an immersive live-performance event could be possible. “Our mission has been clear, given the current public-health crisis,” says Freud. A Chicago native and MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient, Sharon has worked over the past few months as Lyric’s Creative Catalyst, helping to devise Lyric’s new programming. Chicago performances will take place in April 2021. This original work is conceived in partnership with Michigan Opera Theatre and directed by Yuval Sharon, Michigan Opera Theatre’s new artistic director. The centerpiece of these new projects is a drive-through experience inspired by Richard Wagner’s opera Götterdämmerung, titled Twilight: Gods.