Lyric Opera 2019-2020 Issue 7 The Light in the Piazza

Cavalleria rusticana MUTI conducts MASCAGNI CSO.ORG | 312-294-3000 Artists, prices and programs subject to change. Official Airline of the CSO Maestro Residency Presenter The appearance of the Chicago Symphony Chorus is made possible by a generous gift from Jim and Kay Mabie. FEB 6–8 Riccardo Muti conductor Anita Rachvelishvili santuzza Piero Pretti turiddu Luca Salsi alfio Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe chorus director Beloved by opera audiences around the world, Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana is an impassioned story of tormented love wrapped in music of fervent vibrancy. Riccardo Muti, whose command of 19th-century Italian opera is “virtually without peer” ( Bachtrack ), leads concert performances of the complete one-act opera with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and an international cast. TICKETS START AT $36! Anita Rachvelishvili Luca Salsi