Lyric Opera 2021-2022 Issue 7 Fire Shut Up My Bones

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 17 Fire Shut Up in My Bones New Co-Production | Opera in three acts in English Music by Terence Blanchard Libretto by Kasi Lemmons based on the memoir by Charles M. Blow CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Charles Will Liverman •• Destiny/Loneliness/Greta Jacqueline Echols + Billie Latonia Moore + Char’es-Baby Benjamin Preacely + Young William Charles-Curtis + Young Nathan Oleode Oshotse + Young James Ejiro Ogodo + Young Robert Kenneth La’Ron Hamilton + Uncle Paul Reginald Smith, Jr. Foreman/Adult James Norman Garrett Chicken Plucker Martin Luther Clark • Adult William Ruby/Sinner Rehanna Thelwell + Spinner Chauncey Packer + Verna Joelle Lamarre Young Lovely Marguerite Jones + Chester Chris Kenney •• Bertha Leah Dexter + Pastor/Kaboom Leroy Davis • Adult Robert Calvin Griffin + Adult Nathan Lunga Eric Hallam • Evelyn Brittany Renee + A Pledge William Powell III Nash Darell Haynes + Conductor Daniela Candillari Co-Directors James Robinson + Camille A. Brown + Set Designer Allen Moyer + Costume Designer Paul Tazewell Lighting Designer Christopher Akerlind Projection Designer Greg Emetaz Chorus Master Michael Black Original Choreographer Camille A. Brown + Revival Choreographer Jay Staten + Wigmaster and Sarah Hatten Makeup Designer Associate Director Paula Suozzi Assistant Director Melanie Bacaling Stage Manager Hester Warren-Steijn Musical Preparation William Billingham Noah Lindquist Francesco Milioto Eric Weimer Intimacy Coordinator Jyreika Guest Projected English Titles The Metropolitan Opera First performed by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis on June 15,2019. First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on March 24,2022. + Lyric debut • Current Member,The Patrick G.and Shirley W.Ryan Opera Center •• Alumnus,The Patrick G.and Shirley W.Ryan Opera Center Dancers Darius Barnes + , Christian Paris Blue + , Rhaamell Burke-Missouri + , Mikhail Calliste + , Marcus Hardy + , Christopher Figaro Jackson + , Olivier Medus + , Mickey Nix + , Eric Parra + , Jude M. Perry-Evans + , Voltaire Wade-Greene + , Marcus Williams + Actors Royce Jade + , Kevin Ray Johnson + , Joshua Moaney, Nolan Fizoires Robinson II + ,Tristien Marcellous Winfree + A co-production of Lyric Opera of Chicago,the Metropolitan Opera,and Los Angeles Opera.Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera.Originally commissioned by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis,co-commissioned by Jazz Saint Louis.