2019|20 Season videos

Learn more about the operas, musicals, and other productions of our 2019/20 Season with exclusive artist interviews, backstage looks, musical highlights, and trailers. Watch videos from The Barber of Seville, Luisa Miller, Dead Man Walking, Earth to Kenzie, Don Giovanni, The Three Queens, The Queen of Spades, and Madama Butterfly.

The Barber of Seville videos

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Rossini's The Barber of Seville at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Audiences Reacts to Rossini's The Barber of Seville

Hear from excited audience members why you can't miss Lyric's production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville.

Patter Up! 60 seconds with Lawrence Brownlee

Tenor Lawrence Brownlee, who is Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, talks first jobs, hamburgers vs hot dogs, and who would play him in a movie.

Mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa on the greatness of The Barber of Seville

Mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa discusses why you can't miss Rossini's The Barber of Seville.

Sir Andrew Davis on The Barber of Seville

Hear from conductor Sir Andrew Davis on what makes Rossini's The Barber of Seville the perfect opera.

A special invitation from Tenor Lawrence Brownlee!

Hear from Lawrence Brownlee on why you can't miss lyric's production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville.

Rossini's Barber of Seville: BY THE NUMBERS

Music provided by Warner Classics.

Mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa on Rosina in The Barber of Seville

Mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa discusses how she connects to the role of Rosina and what makes her a fire-cracker in Rossini's The Barber of Seville

Rossini's Barber of Seville at Lyric Opera

Irrepressible Rosina refuses to marry her pompous old guardian. Meanwhile, a bold young count is eager to win Rosina for himself. And who’s going to make sure those two finish the opera united? The cleverest character in all of Seville: the barber Figaro, whose services are sought after by everyone for everything (the guy has a lot more talents than just cutting hair). Rossini’s music—the aural equivalent of champagne—is the last word in humor, inspiring smiles and laughter on every page of the score, which is what makes Barber the most popular of all operatic comedies.

Luisa Miller videos

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Verdi's Luisa Miller at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Maestro Enrique Mazzola on Luisa Miller and Lyric Opera's Early Verdi Series

Christian Van Horn on Luisa Miller

Meet the Cast of Verdi's Luisa Miller

An Invitation from Enrique Mazzola to see Luisa Miller

 

Dead Man Walking videos

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See what critics are saying about Dead Man Walking

A young couple is brutally killed, and the convicted murderer, Joseph De Rocher, sits on death row. Sister Helen Prejean agrees to be his spiritual adviser. As she meets his family, and the families of his victims, she begins questioning every attitude she has about how human beings treat each other. Based on real-life events, Jake Heggie’s music and Terrence McNally’s libretto explore the nature of friendship and forgiveness in the most profound ways. Hugely acclaimed in major houses internationally, Dead Man Walking is widely acknowledged as one of the most riveting operas of the 21st century. It simply demands to be seen.

 

Dead Man Walking Panel Discussion

Hear from Author/Activist Sister Helen Prejean and Composer Jake Heggie as they discuss the importance of Lyric's upcoming production of Dead Man Walking.

Heggie & McNally's Dead Man Walking

Ryan McKinny on finding the humanity in Dead Man Walking

Hear from baritone Ryan McKinny as he talks about how he finds the humanity in this seemingly unredeemable character.

An Invitation from Susan Graham to experience Dead Man Walking

 

Patter Up! 60 seconds with Susan Graham

Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, who is Mrs. De Roche in Dead Man Walking, talks first jobs, Early bird vs night owl, and what her karoke jam is.

Composer Jake Heggie on the Musical Influences in Dead Man Walking

Hear from Dead Man Walking composer Jake Heggie on how he approached the music for this incredible story and how audiences will be able to relate.

Heggie & McNally's Dead Man Walking

Earth to Kenzie videos

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The Music of EARTH TO KENZIE

Learn about the music of Earth to Kenzie with composer Frances Pollock.

Earth to Kenzie: Meet The Designers

Meet Jeffrey D. Kmiec and Mieka van der Ploeg, set designer and costume designer for Earth to Kenzie as they discuss everything from space kitties and video games on stage to Kenzie's quest to finding confidence in the classroom. 

The Story of EARTH TO KENZIE

Librettist Jessica Murphy Moo walks viewers through bringing Kenzie's story to life. 

Don Giovanni videos

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See what critics are saying about Don Giovanni

"★★★ ½ (out of four)...impassioned"
–Chicago Sun-Times

"Viewed through contemporary sensibilities, Don Giovanni emerges not only as a landmark opera but a prescient one."
–Chicago Tribune

Experience Mozart's Don Giovanni

The seducer. The philanderer. The libertine who takes what he wants and lives only for his own pleasure. All three are Don Giovanni, antihero in Mozart’s drama of lust and revenge. He’s surrounded by memorable characters, including his frustrated servant Leporello and the three women he encounters: fiery Donna Elvira, tormented Donna Anna, and impressionable Zerlina. Filled with thrilling music and drama, including a finale so overpoweringly dramatic that it changed music forever, don't miss the high drama, the eye-popping costumes, and the ultimate retribution of this iconic classic.

Patter Up! 60 seconds with Matthew Rose

Bass Matthew Rose, who is Leporello in Don Giovanni, talks first jobs, cats vs dogs, and what his dream golf course to play is.

An Invitation from Lucas Meachem to experience Don Giovanni

A special invitation from the Don himself to come and experience Mozart's Don Giovanni at Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Meet the Lighting Designer of Don Giovanni

Meet the Costume Designer of Don Giovanni

Director Bob Falls on Don Giovanni

Meet the Set Designer of Don Giovanni

The Three Queens videos

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Donizetti's "The Three Queens"

Hear from Lyric's Chorus Master Michael Black, on how important this concert is, the power of Sondra Radvanovsky and why you can't miss it!

Sondra Radvanovsky invites you to experience Donizetti's The Three Queens

The Queen of Spades videos

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Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades

Tchaikovsky's broodingly romantic thriller is a tour de force for a great tenor. He plays the terrifyingly obsessed Gherman, an unhappy soldier desperate to know a secret hidden by a mysterious old countess—the mystery of winning at cards. The tension turns truly unnerving as Gherman's obsession begins to overwhelm him. It leads to devastation both for him and for the countess's granddaughter, Lisa, whom Gherman loves. Tchaikovsky's music is the height of Russian romanticism in its melancholy soulfulness, its white-hot passion, and the sweeping grandeur of its orchestra—a masterpiece from the genius who gave the world Eugene Onegin and Swan Lake.

Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky on the music of The Queen of Spades

Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky tells you why Tchaikovsky's music is so brilliant and why you absolutely can't miss Lyric's production of The Queen of Spades.

Tenor Brandon Jovanovich invites you to The Queen of Spades

Tenor Brandon Jovanovich inviutes you to experience the wonderful opera from Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades.

Patter Up! 60 seconds with Brandon Jovanovich

Tenor, Brandon Jovanovich, who stars as the Gerhman in Queen of Spades, talks his first job, his most favorite role and who his best opera-bud would be.

Sir Andrew invites you to Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades

Lyric's Music Director, Sir Andrew Davis, invites you to experience the drama and romanticism of Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades.

Madama Butterfly videos

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Puccini's Madama Butterfly

An enchanting geisha, Cio-Cio-San, loses her heart to an American naval lieutenant and marries him. After he leaves Japan, she waits three long years for his return. We share her joy when he returns, and her utter despair when she realizes that he's married an American woman and has come to take his young son—Cio-Cio-San's child—back with him. Puccini lost his heart to his heroine, and so will you, in music of miraculous beauty and aching, deeply poignant dramatic truth.

An invitation from Ana María Martínez to experience Puccini's Madama Butterfly

Hear from soprano Ana María Martínez as she tells you why you simply can't miss Lyric's upcoming production of Puccini's operatic masterpiece Madama Butterfly.

Patter Up! 60 seconds with Brian Jagde

Tenor Brian Jagde, who is Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, talks favorite cocktail, go-to karaoke song, and introduces us to the love of his life.

Puccini's Madama Butterfly

Photo: The Barber of Seville, 2019/20 Season Todd Rosenberg