Rising Stars in Concert 2022

February 13, 2022, 7:00 pm

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The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center 2021/22 Ensemble (photo by: Kyle Flubacker)

Join us for a showcase performance by The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center 2021/22 Ensemble with members of the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra conducted by Lyric’s Music Director Enrique Mazzola. This year’s program centers on the music of Romantic-era composer Jacques Offenbach and other French repertoire of the time. Join hosts Lisa Flynn and Roger Pines for this beautiful concert featuring some of the brightest rising stars of the opera world!

Playlist

Offenbach: Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra: Enrique Mazzola, conductor

Offenbach: “Il était une fois à la cour d’Eisenach” from, Tales of Hoffmann
Martin Luther Clark (Hoffmann); Lunga Eric Hallum, Leroy Davis, Rivers Hawkins, Anthony Reed (Chorus)

Offenbach: “Vois sous l’archet frémissant” from, Tales of Hoffmann
Kathleen Felty (Nicklausse)

Offenbach: “Il m’a semblé sur mon épaule”, from Orpheus in the Underworld
Denis Vélez (Eurydice); Leroy Davis (Jupiter)

Rossini: “Que les destins prospères”, from Le comte Ory
Lunga Eric Hallam (Count Ory)

Offenbach: “À cheval sur la discipline”, from La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein
Leroy Davis (General Boum); Full Ensemble

Offenbach: “Ah, que j’aime les militaires”, from La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein
Katherine DeYoung (Grand Duchess); Martin Luther Clark, Lunga Eric Hallam, Leroy Davis, Rivers Hawkins, Anthony Reed (Chorus)

Offenbach: “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” from, Tales of Hoffmann
Kathleen Felty (Nicklausse); Denis Vélez (Giulietta)

Offenbach: “Ne devinez-vous pas”, from La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein
Anthony Reed (General Boum); Rivers Hawkins (Baron Puck); Marin Luther Clark (Prince Paul)

Chopin: Grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22, arrangement for piano and String Quartet
Chris Reynolds, piano; Robert Handford and Yin Shen, violins; Terri Van Valkinburgh, viola; Calum Cook, cello

Offenbach: “Entr’acte et Galop”, from La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein
Members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra: Donald Lee III, conductor

Offenbach: “Dans les rôles d’amoureux” from, Tales of Hoffmann
Anthony Reed (Lindorf)

Massenet: “Je suis gris!”, from Chérubin
Katherine Beck (Chérubin)

Offenbach: “Les oiseaux dans la charmille” from, Tales of Hoffmann
Maria Novella Malfatti (Olympia)

Rossini: “Dans ce lieu solitaire”, from Le comte Ory
Leroy Davis (Raimbaud); Martin Luther Clark, Lunga Eric Hallam, Rivers Hawkins, Anthony Reed (Chorus)

Meyerbeer: “Robert, toi que j’aime”, from Robert the Devil
Mathilda Edge (Isabelle); Martin Luther Clark (Robert)

Rossini: “A la faveur de cette nuit obscure”, from Le comte Ory
Lunga Eric Hallam (Count Ory); Katherine Beck (Isolier); Maria Novella Malfatti (Countess Adèle)

Offenbach: “Maintenant, je veux, moi qui suis mince et fluet”; Galop infernal, from Orpheus in the Underworld
Martin Luther Clark (Jupiter); Maria Novella Malfatti (Diane); Full Ensemble