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A Barber of visual intelligence at the Lyric Opera in Chicago

Por Dan Wang, 11 febrero 2014

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Crítica hecha desde Lyric Opera House, Chicago el 6 febrero 2014

Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Nathan Gunn, Figaro

Isabel Leonard, Rosina

Alek Shrader, Count Almaviva

Alessandro Corbelli, Dr Bartolo

Kyle Ketelsen, Don Basilio

Michele Mariotti, Dirección

Rob Ashford, Dirección musical

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

****1

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.

****1

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.

*****

A vibrant, urgent Ariodante at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Katherine Syer, 2nd March

A revival of Richard Jones’ production of Handel’s emotionally probing opera.

*****

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Dan Wang

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