FIRST LOOK: A Wondrous Sound

CHICAGO (4/17/25) — Opening night of A Wondrous Sound took place Wednesday, April 16 at the Lyric Opera House, launching a two-performance-only celebration of the Lyric Opera Orchestra and the Lyric Opera Chorus. Led by Music Director Enrique Mazzola and hosted by General Director, President & CEO John Mangum, the program weaves together operatic overtures, choral showpieces, and Broadway favorites in an audience-pleasing showcase as the company approaches the end of the 2024/25 Season.

New photos from opening night
Performance images from April 16 featuring Mazzola, Mangum, and the full Orchestra and Chorus are now available for press use. Download from Lyric's online press room here.

Program highlights
Repertoire includes selections from Bizet, Puccini, Rossini, Wagner, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and Bernstein — featuring the Carmen Overture, Soldiers’ Chorus from Faust, Humming Chorus from Madama Butterfly, and highlights from Carousel and West Side Story.

Still time to experience it live
Final performance: Saturday, April 19 at 2:00 p.m.

For press tickets or additional image requests, contact Alana Guggenheim at [email protected].

More info at lyricopera.org/WondrousSound.

Lyric Opera's Season is presented by

Lyric Opera of Chicago thanks its Official Airline, American Airlines, and acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.

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Illinois Arts Council

About Lyric

About Lyric

Lyric Opera of Chicago is committed to redefining what it means to experience great opera. The company is driven to deliver consistently excellent artistry through innovative, relevant, celebratory programming that engages and energizes new and traditional audiences.

Under the leadership of General Director, President & CEO John Mangum and Music Director Enrique Mazzola, Lyric is dedicated to reflecting, and drawing strength from, the diversity of Chicago. Lyric offers, through innovation, collaboration, and evolving learning opportunities, ever-more exciting, accessible, and thought-provoking audience and community experiences. We also stand committed to training the artists of the future, through The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center; and to becoming increasingly diverse across our audiences, staff, programming, and artists—magnifying the welcoming pull of our art form, our company, and our city.

Through the timeless power of voice, the splendor of a great orchestra and chorus, theater, dance, design, and truly magnificent stagecraft, Lyric is devoted to immersing audiences in worlds both familiar and unexpected, creating shared experiences that resonate long after the curtain comes down.

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For more information on Lyric's upcoming 2024/25 Season, visit lyricopera.org/newseason.