Chicago renews conductor
OperaThe Lyric Opera has signed up Enrique Mazzola as music director until 2031.
Mazzola, 55, has been reassuring presence since the retirement of Sir Andrew Davis in 2021.
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They announced their 24.25 season yesterday. The best word for it is pathetic. Exactly four operas from the repertory: Fidelio, Figaro, Boheme and Rigoletto (how imaginative!). Two new works, a few concerts and that is it. This is the kind of season that U.S. companies several rungs down the prestige ladder used to offer.
Yes, bad season. But not as bad as Washington (surprise, surprise). Fidelio with Denyce Graves as Don Fernando (not a typo).
Wondering… HOPING that the Lockdown cancelled Lyric Opera Ring cycle will finally see the light of day!
Ain’t gonna happen. Too much money,
Good enough for Glyndebourne (a regular presence, though he wasn’t the MD)… and proving good enough for Chicago.
Concert with Rads on Puccini heroines sounds good, but Patti Lupone for opening night? Why not Rads for an opener. Wouldn’t that be more appropriate? And I doubt that broadway would feature an opera singer, so why should Lyric feature a broadway singer? This is more of Lyric trying to be a crossover theater. Not good for opera.
Opening night is Rigoletto, not Patti Lupone. She is 3 weeks later.