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David Pountney's riveting Walküre opens at the Lyric Opera of Chicago

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“Elisabet Strid embodied the role with searing and compelling intensity”
Reviewed at Lyric Opera House, Chicago on 5 November 2017
Wagner, Die Walküre
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
Sir David Pountney, Director
Johan Engels, Set Designer
Marie-Jeanne Lecca, Costume Designer
Brandon Jovanovich, Siegmund
Ain Anger, Hunding
Eric Owens, Wotan
Elisabet Strid, Sieglinde
Christine Goerke, Brünnhilde
Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus
Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra
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****1
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Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners takes its Chicago bow
**111
A light Marriage of Figaro makes the case for fun in Chicago
****1
Rigoletto cast dazzles in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season opener
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Davidsen and Stemme anchor an extraordinary Jenůfa in Chicago
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