The Magic Flute: American nostalgia invoked in Chicago

Por Dan Wang, 14 diciembre 2016

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“Kathryn Lewek sang the Queen of the Night with a vocal force and clarity that could cut diamonds”

Crítica hecha desde Lyric Opera House, Chicago el 10 diciembre 2016

Mozart, La flauta mágica (Die Zauberflöte)

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Rory Macdonald, Dirección

Neil Armfield, Dirección de escena

Dale Ferguson, Diseño de escena

Andrew Staples, Tamino

Christiane Karg, Pamina

Kathryn Lewek, Queen of the Night

Adam Plachetka, Papageno

Christof Fischesser, Sarastro

Ann Toomey, First Lady

Diana Newman, Papagena

Annie Rosen, Second Lady

Lauren Decker, Third Lady

Jesse Donner, First Armoured Man

Alec Carlson, First Priest

Rodell Rosel, Monostatos

David Govertsen, The Speaker (Der Sprecher)

Patrick Guetti, Second Armoured Man

Emmett O'Hanlon, Second Priest

Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera brings Spanish to the Lyric Opera

Graham Meyer, 29th March

The Lyric Opera of Chicago's presentation of El último sueño de Frida y Diego brings the Mexican artists to life... or at least a life reminiscent of their real ones.

****1

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.

*****

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Dan Wang

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