12th May

Rising stars sing opera highlights in Chicago

The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center 2023/24 Ensemble with the Lyric Opera Orchestra conducted by Stefano Sarzani perform: MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro Overture. Conductor: Donald Lee III. HÄNDEL: Giulio Cesare: Da tempeste il legno infranto. Lindsey Reynolds (Cleopatra). MASSENET: Cendrillon: Enfin, je suis ici. Lucy Baker (Cendrillon). GOUNOD: Roméo et Juliette: L’amour! L’amour!... Ah! lève-toi, soleil. Trevor D. Walker (Roméo). BRITTEN: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: When my cue comes, call me. Ron Dukes (Bottom). PUCCINI: La Bohème: Che gelida manina. Alejandro Luévanos (Rodolfo). HÄNDEL: Serse: Crude furie degl’orridi abiss. Sophia Maekawa (Serse). MASSENET: Hérodiade: Ce breuvage pourrait me donner un tel rêve…Vision fugitive. Laureano Quant (Hérodiade). Douglas MOORE: The Ballad of Baby Do: Warm as the autumn light. Christopher Humbert, Jr. (Horace Tabor). VERDI: La Traviata: È strano!...Ah fors’è lui…Sempre libera. Kathryn Henry (Violetta) with Alejandro Luévanos (Alfredo). Carlisle FLOID: Of Mice and Men: I must be crazy trav’lin’ with you… An’ we’ll live off the fat of the land. Ian Rucker (George); Ryan Capozzo (Lennie). SCRIABIN: Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor: III. Allegro moderato. Michael Banwarth. John ADAMS: Doctor Atomic. Batter my hear. Ian Rucker (Robert Oppenheimer); Conductor: Donald Lee III. VERDI: Luisa MILLER: Egli delira...L’alto retaggio O meco incolume sarai, lo giuro. Christopher Humbert, Jr (Walter); Ron Dukes (Wurm). TCHAIKOVSKY: Iolanta: Chto skazhet on…Gospod’moi, esli greshen ia. Wm. Clay Thompson (King René). MONTEVERDI: L’incoronazione di Poppea: Pur ti miro. Lyndsey Reynolds (Poppea); Sophia Maekawa (Nerone). POULENC: Dialogues des Carmélites: Pourquoi vous tenez vous ainsi. Trevon D. Walker (Chevalier); Lucy Baker (Blanche). BIZET: Carmen: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée. Ryan Capozzo (Don José); Luther H. Lewis III (director). DONIZETTI: Linda de Chamounix: Qui, buon Antonio…Quella pietà. Wm. Clay Thompson (Prefect); Laureano Quant (Antonio); Luther H. Lewis (director). PUCCINI: La Rondine: Amore mio. Alejandro Luévanos (Ruggero); Kathryn Henry (Magda). SONDHEIM: Follies: Beautiful Girls. Full ensemble. Recorded 13 April.

Live streamLive stream