![]() ![]() It is a musically-sumptuous opera about an opera singer, Florencia, a glamorous diva, and her life-changing adventure on the Amazon. The opera is inspired by the work of Nobel Prize-winning author, Gabriel Garcí a Márquez, with a libretto by one of his pupils, Marcela Fuentes-Berain. ![]() I am writing to you from a rehearsal room at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, where I am directing Florencia en el Amazonas (Florencia in the Amazon) by the preeminent Mexican composer, Daniel Catán. It’s been quite a while since I’ve been able to travel to both see and direct shows, and it’s wonderful that the arts are reopening everywhere. I saw the original Florencia in Houston ago and will certainly avoid it over 20 years later.Greetings from Artistic & General Director Francesca Zambello. Lord! You’d think after this catastrophe that the Lyric could do something better than present three contemporary works that premiered somewhere else. One Response to “Lyric Opera cancels rest of season, announces most of 2021-22 lineup” Mazzola will also conduct Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up, a work that received strong reviews at its Washington premiere in 2018.ĭates and casting details will be announced at a future date. ![]() The opera debuted at Opera Theater of St. Terrence Blanchard’s coming-of-age opera is based on Charles M. Mozart’s Magic Flute will return-not in a revival of the company’s backporch version of 2016 but in Barrie Kosky’s well-traveled silent-movie staging.ĭaniel Catán’s widely acclaimed Florencia en el Amazonaswill have its Chicago debut.įire Shut Up in My Bones will also be heard in its Chicago debut. Enrique Mazzola will conduct in his first assignment as music director. ![]() Verdi’s Macbeth will open next season in a new production by David McVicar and John Macfarlane. The Wednesday announcement follows the company lining out its fall 2020 productions in June due to the continuing Covid-19 pandemic.Īt the same time, the company announced “highlights” of its schedule for 2021-22. To no one’s surprise the Lyric Opera of Chicago has cancelled the rest of its 2020-21 season. Ana Maria Martinez starred in Florida Grand Opera’s 2018 production of Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas. ![]()
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