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Starting with a storm: Otello at the Lyric Opera of Chicago

Von Dan Wang, 10 Oktober 2013

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Lyric Opera House, Chicago, am 5 Oktober 2013

Verdi, Otello

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Johan Botha, Otello

Ana María Martínez, Desdemona

Falk Struckmann, Iago

Todd Thomas, Iago

Antonio Poli, Cassio

Evan Boyer, Lodovico

Julie Anne Miller, Emilia

John Irvin, Roderigo

Bertrand de Billy, Musikalische Leitung

Nabucco-Premiere mit starkem Ensemble an der Lyric Opera of Chicago

Dan Wang, 23rd January

Die Lyric Opera hat die bisher bestklingende Premiere des Jahres zusammengestellt, in der Sänger, Chor und Orchester alle mit erstaunlicher Sicherheit begannen und nur noch besser wurden.

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Sir David McVicar’s psychologically driven Salome arrives in Chicago

Graham Meyer, 25th January

Revived at Lyric Opera of Chicago, the notorious opera director’s take stirs sympathy for Salome, but leans on some of his theatrical hobby-horses

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Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners takes its Chicago bow

Graham Meyer, 2nd April

Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of Missy Mazzoli's opera, which the company co-commissioned, has strong, dramatic, expressive music throughout, but the story lacks continuity.

**111

A light Marriage of Figaro makes the case for fun in Chicago

Graham Meyer, 9th November

Lyric Opera of Chicago revives its diverting and divisive 2015 original production by Barbara Gaines, who does it like a Shakespearean sex farce.

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Rigoletto cast dazzles in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season opener

Graham Meyer, 14th September

Through brilliant singing and layered acting, Javier Camarena, Mané Galoyan, and Igor Golovatenko drive a Rigoletto to warm a traditionalist's heart.

****1

Davidsen and Stemme anchor an extraordinary Jenůfa in Chicago

Cameron Kelsall, 12th November

Claus Guth's production foregrounds the regimented, repressive world that drives the plot of Janáček’s tragic masterpiece.

*****

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Dan Wang

Dan Wang is a graduate student in music history and theory at the University of Chicago.