Lyric Opera 2021-2022 Issue 2 The Elixir of Love

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 8 Dear Lyric Family, We are so happy to have you with us for this extraordinary season. The long-awaited return of live performances reminds us of the unrivaled joy that live opera provides. The start of a new era of musical leadership with Music Director Enrique Mazzola brings with it a renewed sense of excitement about our work, both on stage and behind the curtain. The completed renovations of our opera house nowmake us more accessible and make enjoying our operas more comfortable as we welcome audiences from all over Chicago and beyond. One of this season’s thrilling rsts comes this October, as we welcome The Joffrey Ballet to its new performance home in our Lyric Opera House. The Joffrey is one of the world’s premier dance companies and training institutions, and 2021 marks its 65th anniversary. We are very excited to share our home with the company members and community of The Joffrey, and look forward to the opportunity to bring opera and ballet audiences closer together through this partnership. We hope that you’ve had an opportunity to explore and enjoy our digital programs created over the past year. These projects allowed us to create art, speci cally for digital media, in ways that expand the possibilities of our art form. Right now, two of our most ambitious original lm productions are available for free viewing. Twilight: Gods , our reimagination of the nal chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle at the Millennium Park garage, is available through October. It is not to be missed! This summer, we approached Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci , which was originally planned to open our 2020/21 Season, from an exciting new perspective: a lmed performance at the opera house featuring a stellar cast and members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Enrique Mazzola. Both are available on the Lyric website. As we return to the powerful experience of live performances, we are grateful to you for the many ways that you provide crucial support for the art form that we love. Thank you for joining us on this journey! Opera Forever! Lyric Forever! From the Chair and the General Director SYLVIA NEIL Chair ANTHONY FREUD President, General Director & CEO The Women’s Board Endowed Chair Todd Rosenberg Todd Rosenberg