Lyric Opera 2021-2022 Special Issue: Verdi Voices

Lyric Opera of Chicago | 8 Program Giuseppe Verdi La forza del destino, Overture (1813 | 1901) Nabucco TAMARA WILSON “Ben io t’invenni … Anch’io dischiuso … Salgo già del trono aurato” Ernani RUSSELL THOMAS “Mercè, diletti amici … Come rugiada al cespite … O tu che l’alma adora” Ernani TAMARA WILSON “Surta è la notte … Ernani, involami … Tutto sprezzo che d’Ernani” S imon Boccanegra RUSSELL THOMAS “O inferno … Sento avvampar nell’anima” Otello TAMARA WILSON “Già nella notte densa” RUSSELL THOMAS INTERMISSION Aida TAMARA WILSON “Pur ti riveggo … Là tra foreste vergini” RUSSELL THOMAS La traviata, Act 1 prelude La Forza del destino RUSSELL THOMAS “La vita è inferno al infelice … O tu che in seno agli angeli” Don Carlos TAMARA WILSON “Toi qui sus les néant” Un ballo in maschera, Act 1 prelude Un ballo in maschera, Act 2 TAMARA WILSON “Teco io sto” RUSSELL THOMAS Lighting Designer: Bridget Williams Stage Manager: Dan Sokalski Assistant Stage Manager: Peggy Stenger Assistant Stage Manager and Titles: Amy Thompson Musical and Language Preparation: William C. Billingham, Stefano Sarzani Wardrobe, Hair, and Makeup: Wendy McCay, Necole Bluhm Projected English Titles Translations: Roger Pines, Francis Rizzo Cover Photo: Joe Mazza Don Carlos, “Toi qui sus les néant” – By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.,Agent for Ricordi, publisher and copyright owner Verdi Voices Tamara Wilson, soprano Russell Thomas, tenor Enrique Mazzola, conductor Members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra