Chicago renews conductor

Chicago renews conductor

Opera

norman lebrecht

March 13, 2024

The 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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    March 13, 2024 at 11:40 am

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  • phf655 says:
    March 13, 2024 at 12:01 pm

    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.

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    • Don Ciccio says:
      March 15, 2024 at 3:09 am

      Yes, bad season. But not as bad as Washington (surprise, surprise). Fidelio with Denyce Graves as Don Fernando (not a typo).

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  • Paul Barte says:
    March 13, 2024 at 12:50 pm

    Wondering… HOPING that the Lockdown cancelled Lyric Opera Ring cycle will finally see the light of day!

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  • Player says:
    March 13, 2024 at 1:22 pm

    Good enough for Glyndebourne (a regular presence, though he wasn’t the MD)… and proving good enough for Chicago.

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  • Subscriber says:
    March 13, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    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.

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