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Surrealist Rigoletto at the Lyric impresses with vocal talent

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“Kelsey’s baritone is cavernous, always hinting at unfathomed depths”
Reviewed at Lyric Opera House, Chicago on 7 October 2017
Verdi, Rigoletto
Lyric Opera of Chicago
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E Loren Meeker, Director
Michael Yeargan, Set Designer
Constance Hoffman, Costume Designer
Quinn Kelsey, Rigoletto
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Zanda Švēde, Maddalena
Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus
Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra
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