Lyric Opera 2021-2022 Issue 4 Florencia en el Amazonas

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 22 passengers, Florencia thanks him for saving their lives and they resume their journey to Manaus. Rosalba discovers that her precious notebook has been ruined in the storm. She is distraught by the loss of two years’ work, but Florencia tells her she has lost nothing irreplaceable. The two women begin to argue about the source of Grimaldi’s talents, and when Florencia passionately declares that the diva’s gift sprang from her love for a man, Rosalba suddenly realizes the woman standing before her is the singer herself. Both pairs of lovers are reconciled to their need for each other by the time the ship nears Manaus, but no one is allowed to disembark because of a cholera outbreak. In despair at being unable to fulfill her search, Florencia allows her spirit to drift toward Cristobal’s in a mystical reunion. Synopsis Continued January 22 - 30, 2022 Performed in the Owen Theatre at Goodman Theatre lyricopera.org 312.827.5600 MAZZOLI/VAVREK Lyric’s presentation of Mazzoli’s Proving Up is generously made possible by Alice & John Butler , Sylvia Neil & Daniel Fischel , the Robert & Penelope Steiner Family Foundation , and the Bill & Orli Staley Foundation with additional support from Mark Ferguson & ElizabethYntema in support of female leadership in the performing arts.