September 17. 2022 - October 07. 2022
Upcoming Dates
September 17. 2022 - October 07. 2022
Lyric premiere Fiddler on the Roof
One of the world's leading opera directors, Barrie Kosky is celebrated from Vienna to Paris and from Bayreuth to London, where his new Ring cycle will take the stage at the Royal Opera starting next year. When his production of Fiddler on the Roof premiered at Komische Oper Berlin in 2017, international critics heralded the arrival of a completely original and unique experience created from this revered, Tony Award-winning masterpiece. "Songs many of us have heard our whole lives sentimentalized...are given weight and take on deep meaning," raved the Los Angeles Times. Experience a Fiddler like no other, with the full power of the Lyric Opera Orchestra and a production that is both grand in scale and intimate in its power to bring you directly to the heart of the village of Anatevka. Join us as Tevye, his wife Golde, and their five daughters experience the real joys and sorrows that have made this meaningful work an enduring part of our culture.
Casting will be announced in Summer 2022.
- Language: Sung in English
- Running Time: 3 hours 15 minutes with 1 intermission
- Location: Lyric Opera House
Lyric’s presentation of Fiddler on the Roof is generously made possible by Lead Sponsor The Negaunee Foundation with additional support from Production Sponsors Zell Family Foundation, Marlys A. Beider, The Davee Foundation, Randy L. & Melvin R.* Berlin and Ethel & William Gofen.
*deceased
Meet the artists
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Kimberly Grigsby *
Conductor
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Barrie Kosky
Director
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Rufus Didwiszuz *
Set Designer
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Otto Pichler
Choreographer
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Klaus Bruns *
Costume Designer
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Diego Leetz *
Original Lighting Designer
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Marco Philipp *
Revival Lighting Designer
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Michael Black
Chorus Master
* Lyric debut
Additional support is provided by Lyric Opera of Chicago's Production Circle
"FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"
Based on a Sholem Aleichem stories by special permission of ARNOLD PERL
Book by JOSEPH STEIN
Music by JERRY BOCK
Lyrics by SHELDON HARNICK
Produced on the New York Stage by HAROLD PRINCE
Original New York Stage Production Directed and Choreographed by Jerome Robbins
A production by Komische Oper Berlin.
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI.) All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI, mtishows.com.
Photo: Iko Freese/Komische Oper Berlin