- Andrew Cioffi/Lyric Opera of Chicago
- Lyric’s Anthony Freud, Andrew Davis, and via Skype, Renee Fleming, who’s about to debut at the Super Bowl
Earlier this week Lyric Opera revealed its 2014-2015 “Diamond Anniversary” season of eight operas, a musical, and other special events. General director Anthony Freud and music director Andrew Davis presided over the announcement at the Civic Opera House in the flesh, flanked, at various points, by a slightly pixilated version of creative consultant Renee Fleming on twin screens, via Skype.
Outstanding Ryan Training Center alum Amber Wagner will return in two operas: Verdi’s Il Trovatore, which will also feature opera-world powerhouse Stephanie Blythe (what an abundance of riches that promises to be), and Wagner’s Tannhäuser.
There’s also a family opera for kids ages five to ten, The Magic Victrola; and a new mariachi opera, José “Pepe” Martínez’s El Pasado Nunca Se Termina. Check out the rest of what looks to me like a very good season here.
