The Listeners
March 30. 2025 - April 11. 2025
Upcoming Dates
March 30. 2025 - April 11. 2025
LYRIC PREMIERE The Listeners
Lyric Opera of Chicago presents The Listeners, expected to be one of the most significant operatic events of the 2024/25 Season. Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek, the renowned composer/librettist team, tell the story of Claire, who is driven nearly mad by an unending, low-frequency hum that she hears. In desperation, she joins a community organization, “The Listeners,” formed to discover the origin of the noise and destroy it. The group becomes frighteningly cult-like, ultimately leading to catastrophic consequences. Lyric’s vocally and dramatically brilliant cast will be conducted by Music Director Enrique Mazzola and directed by one of the most gifted theater artists of her generation, Lileana Blain-Cruz.
- Language: Sung in English with projected English titles
- Running Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including 1 intermission
- Location: Lyric Opera House
Lyric’s presentation of Mazzoli and Vavrek’s The Listeners is generously made possible by the Robert and Penelope Steiner Family Foundation, the Zell Family Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Maestro Enrique Mazzola is generously sponsored by Alice & John Butler, H. Gael Neeson, Sylvia Neil & Daniel Fischel, and the Robert and Penelope Steiner Family Foundation as members of the Enrique Circle.
Major support for The New Work Fund provided by the Robert and Penelope Steiner Family Foundation and Virginia Tobiason.
Pre-opera talk
Speaker: Dr. Justin Vickers
Join us in the Ardis Krainik Theatre one hour before your opera performance begins for a free, 30-minute preview talk discussing that day’s production.
Seating is unreserved, but a ticket for that day’s performance is required. Talks begin one hour before each performance and doors open approximately 15 minutes before the start of the talks.
Pre-opera talks are supported by Raynette and Ned Boshell.
Videos
Articles
Artists
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Nicole Heaston *
Claire
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Kyle Ketelsen
Howard
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Jasmine Habersham *
Ashley
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Daniela Mack
Angela
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Jonas Hacker
Kyle
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Zachary Nelson
Paul
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John Moore *
Dillon
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Joseph Lim **
Thom
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Emily Mwila
Sina
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Kelsea Webb
Danica
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Marie Sokolova
Emily
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Corinne Wallace-Crane
Hortense
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Stephanie Sanchez
Mrs. Moreno
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Adia Evans ***
Theresa Alvarez
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Gemma Nha ***
Jess
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Sophia Maekawa ***
Lee Ann
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Enrique Mazzola
Conductor
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Lileana Blain-Cruz *
Original Director
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Adam Rigg
Set Designer
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Michael Black
Chorus Director
JARED ESGUERRA
VINCE
CHRISTOPHER FILIPOWICZ
BRAM
MIKHAELA MOHONY*
REVIVAL DIRECTOR
KAYE VOYCE*
COSTUME DESIGNER
YI ZHAO*
LIGHTING DESIGNER
HANNAH WASILESKI*
VIDEO DESIGNER
* Lyric debut
** Ryan Opera Center alumnus
*** Ryan Opera Center Ensemble
Co-commissioned and co-produced by Lyric Opera of Chicago, Norwegian National Opera, and Opera Philadelphia.
Header images: Erik Berg/Norwegian National Opera & Ballet