Lyric Opera 2019-2020 Issue 8 Madama Butterfly

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 36 In October, 30 high-school students launched their participation in the 2019|20 edition of EmpowerYouth!, a collaboration between Lyric and the Chicago Urban League. Over the next eight months, the young people will work with professional artists from throughout the Chicago area. The result of their in-depth rehearsal process will be the creation of an original production to be presented next spring. Pictured in rehearsal and performance are participants in We Got Next , a production created as part of Lyric’s EmpowerYouth! program and presented at Truman College last May. Making their own opera Kyle Flubacker Kyle Flubacker Kyle Flubacker