kathryn lewek queen of the night lyric opera chicago

Next up is Donizetti’s bel canto favorite Lucia di Lammermoor, which opens October 15 with Albina Shagimuratova in the title role, Piotr Beczala as Edgardo, Quinn Kelsey as Enrico and Adrian Sampetrean as Raimondo. Davis conducts the six performances with David Pountney directing this new production with original sets planned by the late Johan Engels and designed by Robert Innes Hopkins. Apart from Stefan Margita as Loge and Rodell Rosel as Mime, the rest of the cast is new to Chicago: Samuel Youn as Alberich, Tanja Ariane Baumgartner as Fricka, Tobias Kehrer as Fafner, Wilhelm Schwinghammer as Fasolt and Okka von der Damerau as Erda. Lyric’s 62nd season–the second fully planned by general director Anthony Freud and music director Sir Andrew Davis–will open October 1 with Wagner’s Das Rheingold, the “prelude” to the company’s new Ring cycle, with Eric Owens making his role debut as Wotan. The launch of a new Ring cycle, the first Chicago staging of Berlioz’s most epic work, a Bizet cornerstone, and two bel canto classics will all be on tap in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2016-17 season. Christine Goerke will star as Cassandre in Berlioz’s “Les Troyens” in the Lyric Opera’s 2016-17 season.

Kathryn lewek queen of the night lyric opera chicago