May 2015 Lyric Opera of Chicago

"It seems like Lyric Opera can do no wrong this season"- or so says the Chicago Classical Review.  Hear it for yourself on May 30th.

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This season of eight concerts from the Lyric Opera of Chicago begins on May 16th and runs through July 4, 2015.

5/16      Mozart:  Don Giovanni (in Italian)

CAST:

Don Giovanni   Mariusz Kwiecien 

Donna Anna      Marina Rebeka 

Donna Elvira    Ana María Martínez

Leporello           Kyle Ketelsen

Don Ottavio      Antonio Poli

Il Commendatore           Andrea Silvestrelli

Zerlina              Andriana Chuchman 

Masetto            Michael Sumuel

5/23      R. Strauss:  Capriccio (in German)

CAST: 

Countess          Renée Fleming

Clairon              Anne Sofie von Otter 

Count               Bo Skovhus

Flamand           William Burden

Olivier               Audun Iversen

La Roche          Peter Rose

5/30      Verdi:  Il Trovatore (in Italian)

CAST: 

Ferrando           Andrea Silvestrelli

Inez                  J’nai Bridges

Leonora            Amber Wagner

Count Di Luna               Quinn Kelsey

Manrico            Yonghoon Lee

Azucena           Stephanie Blythe

An Old Gypsy   Kenneth Nichols

A Messenger     Timothy Bradley  

Ruiz                 Jonathan Johnson