Lyric Opera 2019-2020 Issue 4 Dead Man Walking

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 15 Lyric er of hic o | 15 These contemporary operas, written in English or performed in English translation, have been produced at Lyric. The Taming of The Shrew, Vittorio Giannini (American) Lord Byron’s Love Letter, Raffaelo De Banfield (British) Jenufa, Leoš Janácek (Czech), sung in English The Harvest world premiere, Giannini Wozzeck, Alban Berg (Austrian), sung in English Fiery Angel, Sergei Prokofiev (Russian), sung in English Oedipus Rex, Igor Stravinsky (Russian), in English and Latin Billy Budd, Benjamin Britten (English) ; Bluebeard’s Castle, Béla Bartók (Hungarian), sung in English Wozzeck, Berg, sung in English Peter Grimes, Britten The Love for Three Oranges, Prokofiev, sung in English Peter Grimes, (Britten) Paradise Lost world premiere, Krzysztof Penderecki (Polish) The Love for Three Oranges LYRIC LAUNCHES COMPOSER-IN- RESIDENCE PROGRAM The Guilt of Lillian Sloan world premiere, Composer- in-Residence William Neil (American), performed by the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists (LOCAA, now known as The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center) Katya Kabanova, Janácek, sung in English Satyagraha, Philip Glass (American) The Fan world premiere, Composer-in-Residence Lee Goldstein (American), performed by LOCAA LYRIC ANNOUNCES “TOWARD THE 21ST CENTURY” ARTISTIC INITIATIVE, TO PRESENT ONE EACH 20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN OPERA PER SEASON FOR A DECADE The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe, Dominick Argento (American) Antony and Cleopatra, Samuel Barber (American) The Gambler, Prokofiev, sung in English McTeague world premiere, William Bolcom (American) Susannah, Carlisle Floyd (American) ; Orpheus Descending world premiere, Composer-in- Residence Bruce Saylor (American), performed by LOCAA Candide, Leonard Bernstein (American) ; The Rake’s Progress, Stravinsky The Ghosts of Versailles, John Corigliano (American) The Consul, Gian Carlo Menotti (Italian-American) Between Two Worlds (The Dybbuk) world premiere, Composer-in-Residence Shulamit Ran (Israeli-American), performed by LOCAA: Amistad world premiere, Anthony Davis (American) ; Peter Grimes, Britten Mourning Becomes Electra, Marvin David Levy (American) ; Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Kurt Weill (German, later American), sung in English A View from The Bridge world premiere, Bolcom The Great Gatsby, John Harbison (American) Lovers and Friends (Chautauqua Variations) world premiere, Composer-in-Residence Michael John LaChiusa (American), performed by LOCAA ; Street Scene, Weill ; Billy Budd, Britten ; Composer-in-Residence program concludes with workshop performance of Morning Star, Ricky Ian Gordon (American) by LOCAA Sweeney Todd, Stephen Sondheim (American) ; Susannah, Floyd Regina, Marc Blitzstein (American) A Wedding world premiere, Bolcom The Midsummer Marriage, Sir Michael Tippett (English) Doctor Atomic, John Adams (American) Porgy and Bess, George Gershwin (American) A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Britten A Streetcar Named Desire, André Previn (German-American) ; Cruzar la cara de la luna , José Pepe Martínez (Mexican), sung in English and Spanish Porgy and Bess, Gershwin El Pasado Nunca Se Termina world premiere, Martínez ; The Property (chamber opera) world premiere, Wlad Marhulets (Polish) ; Second Nature (youth opera) world premiere, Matthew Aucoin (American) Bel Canto world premiere, Jimmy López (Peruvian-American) Jason and the Argonauts (youth opera) world premiere, Gregory Spears (American) Charlie Parker’s Yardbird, Daniel Schnyder (Swiss) ; Scorpion’s Sting (youth opera), Dean Burry (Canadian) Trouble in Tahiti, Bernstein ; Fellow Travelers (chamber opera), Spears ; Rhoda and the Fossil Hunt (youth opera), John Musto (American) An American Dream (chamber opera), Jack Perla (American) ; Dead Man Walking, Jake Heggie (American) ; Earth to Kenzie (youth opera), Frances Pollock (American) Blue (chamber opera), Jeanine Tesori (American) 1954 1955 1959 1961 1965 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1977 1978 1979 1984 1986 1986 1987 1989 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008 2010 2013 2014 2015 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ˚