Music director Enrique Mazzola joins WFMT to preview of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2026-27 season. Maestro Mazzola conducts Sunday in the Park with Lyric on August 23. Learn more HERE.

Music director Enrique Mazzola joins WFMT to preview of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2026-27 season. Maestro Mazzola conducts Sunday in the Park with Lyric on August 23. Learn more HERE.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: “Fin ch’han dal vino” (Champagne Aria) from Don Giovanni
Florian Sempey, baritone
Insual Orchestra/Laurence Equilbey
Mozart: “Protegga il giusto cielo” (Mask Trio) from Don Giovanni
Christine Brewer, soprano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Jerry Hadley, tenor
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Charles Mackerras
Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale Overture
Orchestre national d’Île-de-France/Enrique Mazzola
Donizetti: “Tornami a dir che m’ami” from Don Pasquale
Erin Morley, soprano
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
Munich Radio Orchestra/Ivan Repušić
Franz Joseph Haydn: “The heavens are telling” from The Creation
Sandrine Piau, soprano
Mark Padmore, tenor
Neal Davies, bass
Chetham’s Chamber Choir
Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh
Jules Massenet: “Vision fugitive” from Hérodiade
Étienne Dupuis, baritone
Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra/Enrique Mazzola
Richard Strauss: “Die Dame gibt mit trüben Sinn” from Ariadne auf Naxos
Edita Gruberova, soprano
Andreas Conrad, tenor
Martin Finke, tenor
Olaf Bär, baritone
Gerd Wolf, bass
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Kurt Masur
Giuseppe Verdi: “Dei miei bollenti spiriti” from La traviata
Liparit Avetisyan, tenor
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra/Constantine Oberlian
Carlisle Floyd: “Come, sinner, tonight’s the night” from Susannah
Cheryl Studer, soprano
Samuel Ramey, bass
Lyon Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Kent Nagano
Giacomo Puccini: “Vissi d’arte” from Tosca
Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano
Lyric Opera Orchestra/Enrique Mazzola
Frank Loesser: “Sit Down you’re rockin’ the boat” from Guys and Dolls
Damian Humbley, tenor
Sinfonia of London/John Wilson