The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced its 60th Anniversary Season.
The season will start on Sept. 27 with Mozart's "Don Giovanni." Mariusz Kwiecien will sing the title role while Marina Rebeka will sing the role Donna Anna. Ana Maria Martinez will sing Donna Elvira and Kyle Ketelson will portray Leporello.
The company will also present the Richard Strauss' "Capriccio." It will star Renee Fleming, Anne Sophie Von Otter, Bo Skovhus and Peter Rose. Sir Andrew Davis will conduct the work.
Giuseppe Verdi's "Il Trovatore" will also return with Yonghoon Lee in the title role and Amber Wagner as Leonora. Stephanie Blythe and Quinn Kelsey will round out the cast in David McVicar's acclaimed production.
George Gershwin's classic opera "Porgy and Bess" will be presented with Eric Owens and Adina Aaron as the main characters.
Donizetti's "Anna Bolena" will get a new production with Sondra Radvanovsky starring in the title role. Jaime Barton, John Relyea, and Bryan Hymel will round out the cast, which will be conducted by Patrick Summers.
The company will also present Puccini's "Tosca" with acclaimed Tatiana Serjan and Hui He rotating the title role. Meanwhile, Misha Didyk and Jorge de Leon will rotate the role of Cavardossi and Evgeny Nikitin and Mark Delavan will sing Scarpia.
"Wagner's "Tanhauser" will star Johan Botha, Amber Wagner, Michaela Schuster, John Relyea and Gerald Finley.
The company will also present the premiere to Mieczyslaw Weinberg's "The Passenger" and Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's "Carousel" with Denyce Graves. Lang Lang will also present a recital at the end of the season.
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