THE LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO BROADCASTS
Broadcast Schedule — Spring/Summer 2017
Please Note: due to production considerations, cast members for each production are subject to change. Please consult associated cue sheet for more details.
PROGRAM #: LOC 17-01
RELEASE: May 20, 2017
OPERA: DAS RHEINGOLD
COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
Libretto by: Richard Wagner
CAST:
Wotan: Eric Owens
Alberich: Samuel Youn
Loge: Štefan Margita
Fricka: Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
Fasolt: Wilhelm Schwinghammer
Fafner: Tobias Kehrer
Erda: Okka von der Damerau
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
DIRECTOR: David Pountney
Approx. Length: 3 hours
PROGRAM #: LOC 17-02
RELEASE: May 27, 2017
OPERA: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by: Salvardore Cammarano
CAST:
Lucia: Albina Shagimuratova
Edgardo: Piotr Beczała
Enrico: Quinn Kelsey
Raimondo: Adrian Sâmpetrean
CONDUCTOR: Enrique Mazzola
DIRECTOR: Graham Vick
CHORUS: Lyric Opera Chorus
CHORUS MASTER: Michael Black
Approx. Length: 3 hours
PROGRAM #: LOC 17-03
RELEASE: June 3, 2017
OPERA: LES TROYENS
COMPOSER: Hector Berlioz
Libretto by: Hector Berlioz
CAST:
Cassandre: Christine Goerke
Didon: Susan Graham
Énée: Brandon Jovanovich
ChorèbeLucas Meachem
Narbal: Christian Van Horn
Anna: Okka von der Damerau
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
DIRECTOR: Tim Albery
CHORUS:Lyric Opera Chorus
CHORUS MASTER: Michael Black
Approx. Length:5 hours
PROGRAM #: LOC 17-04
RELEASE: June 10, 2017
OPERA:DON QUICHOTTE
COMPOSER: Jules Massenet
Libretto by:Henri Caïn
CAST:
Don Quichotte:Ferruccio Furlanetto
Dulcinée: Clémentine Margaine
Sancho: Nicola Alaimo
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
DIRECTOR: Matthew Ozawa
CHORUS: Lyric Opera Chorus
CHORUS MASTER: Michael Black
Approx. Length: 3 hours
PROGRAM #:LOC 17-05
RELEASE: June 17, 2017
OPERA: THE MAGIC FLUTE
COMPOSER:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
OriginalLibretto by:Emanuel Schikaneder
CAST:
Pamina: Christiane Karg
Tamino: Matthew Polenzani
Papageno: Adam Plachetka
Queen of the Night: Kathryn Lewek
Sarastro:Christof Fischesser
Papagena: Diana Newman
Speaker: David Govertsen
CONDUCTOR: Rory Macdonald
DIRECTOR: Neil Armfield
CHORUS: Lyric Opera Chorus
CHORUS MASTER: Michael Black
Approx. Length: 3 hours, 30 minutes
PROGRAM #: LOC 17-06
RELEASE: June 24, 2017
OPERA: NORMA
COMPOSER: Vincenzo Bellini
LIBRETTO: Felice Romani
CAST:
Norma: Sondra Radvanovsky
Adalgisa: Elizabeth DeShong
Pollione: Russell Thomas
Oroveso: Andrea Silvestrelli
CONDUCTOR: Riccardo Frizza
DIRECTOR: Kevin Newbury
CHORUS: Lyric Opera Chorus
CHORUS MASTER: Michael Black
Approx. Length: 3 hours, 30 minutes
PROGRAM #: LOC 17-07
RELEASE: July 1, 2017
OPERA: CARMEN
COMPOSER: Georges Bizet
LIBRETTO: Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
CAST:
Carmen: Anita Rachvelishvili
Don José: Brandon Jovanovich
Micaëla: Eleonora Buratto
Escamillo: Christian Van Horn
Zuniga: Bradley Smoak
CONDUCTOR: Ainars Rubikis
DIRECTOR: Rob Ashford
CHORUS: Lyric Opera Chorus
CHORUS MASTER:Michael Black
Approx. Length: 3 hours, 30 minutes
PROGRAM #: LOC 17-08
RELEASE: July 8, 2017
OPERA: EUGENE ONEGIN
COMPOSER: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
LIBRETTO: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Shilovsky
CAST:
Onegin: Mariusz Kwiecień
Tatyana: Ana María Martínez
Lensky: Charles Castronovo
Olga: Alisa Kolosova
Gremin: Dmitry Belosselskiy
Mme. Larina: Katharine Goeldner
Filipyevna: Jill Grove
CONDUCTOR: Alejo Pérez
DIRECTOR: Robert Carsen
REVIVAL DIRECTOR:Paul Suozzi
CHORUS: Lyric Opera Chorus
CHORUS MASTER: Michael Black
Approx. Length: 3 hours, 30 minutes
PROGRAM #: LOC 16-09
RELEASE: July 15, 2017
OPERA: DON GIOVANNI
COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
LIBRETTO: Lorenza da Ponte
CAST:
Don Giovanni: Mariusz Kwiecień
Leporello: Kyle Ketelsen
Donna Anna: Marina Rebeka
Donna Elvira: Ana María Martínez
Don Ottavio: Antonio Poli
Zerlina: Andriana Chuchman
Masetto: Michael Sumuel
Commendatore: Andrea Silvestrelli
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
DIRECTOR: Robert Falls
CHORUS: Lyric Opera Chorus
CHORUS MASTER: Michael Black
Approx. Length:3 hours, 45 minutes
PROGRAM #: LOC 16-10
RELEASE: July 22, 2017
OPERA:TANNHÄUSER (in German)
COMPOSER:Richard Wagner
LIBRETTO:Richard Wagner
CAST:
TannhäuserJohan Botha
ElisabethAmber Wagner
VenusMichaela Schuster
WolframGerald Finley
LandgrafJohn Relyea
CONDUCTOR:Sir Andrew Davis
DIRECTOR:Tim Albery
CHORUS:Lyric Opera Chorus
CHORUS MASTER:Michael Black
Approx. Length:3 hours, 50 minutes