Lyric Opera 2019-2020 Issue 3 Luisa Miller

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 32 After the curtain falls It’s always wonderful to extend the experience of an opera performance by talking about it afterwards! Would you like to continue exploring Verdi and Luisa Miller ? Here are some topics that can inspire lively conversations among you and your operagoing friends: ▪ What intrigued you the most about the drama of this opera? ▪ What did you most enjoy about Verdi’s music? ▪ Did the music remind you of any other Verdi operas you’d heard before? ▪ How do you respond to Rodolfo’s treatment of Luisa in the final scene? ▪ Two of the principals, Wurm and Federica, don’t have their own arias. If Verdi had given an aria to each of them, what do you think those arias would have been about? MORE, PLEASE Craving more about Verdi and Luisa Miller ? Lyric has lots of suggestions and resources to help you explore more about this production and its stories. Visit lyricopera.org/AfterCurtain for cast profiles and video extras, suggestions on further reading and listening, relive moments from the show, take in notes about the opera and much more. Enjoy! From Lyric’s archives In Lyric’s first Luisa Miller (1982), American soprano Ellen Shade sang the title role opposite the Rodolfo of Italian tenor Giuliano Ciannella. Tony Romano