Lyric Opera 2019-2020 Issue 2 The Barber of Seville

EAD MAN WALKING VERDI NEW-TO-CHICAGO PRODUCTION OCTOBER 12 – 31 An innocent young lady. The man she loves. And an unethical villain who will stop at nothing in keeping them apart. It’s been more than 30 years since this sumptuous drama was on Lyric’s stage. One of Verdi’s great – but rarely performed – masterpieces, it premiered just 15 months before Rigoletto, which was followed by Il trovatore and La traviata. A feast of passionate music that you can’t miss in a production from Francesca Zambello with Maestro Enrique Mazzola leading the all-star cast. Lyric presentation of Verdi’s Luisa Miller generously made possible by the NIB Foundation, Julie and Roger Baskes, the Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family Foundation, and Liz Stiffel, with additional support from The Nelson Cornelius Production Endowment Fund HEGGIE/MCNALLY LYRIC PREMIERE NOVEMBER 2 - 22 A New York Times best-selling book, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. An Academy Award-nominated film. And one of the most celebrated contemporary operatic works of our time, staged in nearly 60 productions on five continents. This riveting story of a convicted criminal awaiting execution on Death Row and the nun, Sister Helen Prejean, who becomes his spiritual adviser is inspired by real-life events. It simply demands to be seen. Lyric premiere of Heggie’s Dead Man Walking generously made possible by Roberta L. and Robert J. Washlow Lyric Opera of Chicago | 26 2019/20 SEASON The Barber of Seville Luisa Miller Dead Man Walking Don Giovanni Madama Butterfly The Queen of Spades Gotterdämmerung The Ring Cycle 42nd Street The Three Queens starring Sonda Radbanovsky Sir Bryn Terfel in recital Blue