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Music by Jimmy López
Libretto by Nilo Cruz
Based on the novel by Ann Patchett
In Spanish, English, Japanese, Russian, German, and Quechua, with projected English titles
Bel Canto
December 7 – January 17
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ROXANE COSS
Danielle de Niese
CARMEN
J’nai Bridges
‡
HOSOKAWA
Jeongcheol Cha*
GEN
Andrew Stenson*
GENERAL ALFREDO
Rafael Davila*
MESSNER
Jacques Imbrailo*
RUBEN
IGLESIAS
William Burden
CESAR
Anthony Roth Costanzo*
CONDUCTOR
Sir Andrew Davis
DIRECTOR
Kevin Newbury
SET DESIGNER
David Korins*
COSTUME DESIGNER
Constance Homann*
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Duane Schuler
PROJECTION DESIGNER
Greg Emetaz*
CHORUS MASTER
Michael Black
LYRIC
’
S NEW COMMISSION OF
BEL CANTO
IS CURATED BY
Renée Fleming
WORLD PREMIERE
*
LYRIC OPERA DEBUT
‡
RYAN OPERA CENTER ALUMNA
Ann Patchett’s best-selling novel
Bel
Canto
took the literary world by storm
– now, in a new work curated by Lyric’s
creative consultant, Renée Fleming,
this riveting story inspired by a real-life
event becomes a powerful opera.
Superstar American diva Roxane Coss
has flown to Peru to sing at the vice
president’s home for a visiting Japanese
mogul who is an opera bu. Dignitaries
of every nationality are there – but
an international crisis explodes when
terrorists storm the mansion and take
everyone hostage.
Isolated for months, unlikely alliances
form between captors and captives
as fear and anger mingle uneasily with
desire and even love. Music is the one
universal language – but can it draw
forth the humanity that exists in us all?
An extraordinary international cast is led
by
Danielle de Niese
, who caused a
sensation as Lyric’s Cleopatra in
2007
.
Sir Andrew Davis
teams up with
Kevin Newbury
(
Anna Bolena
)
for
this world premiere with a libretto by
Pulitzer Prize winner
Nilo Cruz
and
music by
Jimmy López
, a native of
Peru and “one of the most dynamic
young composers working today.”
CHICAGO
SUN
-
TIMES
Lyric Opera world premiere generously made
possible by
The AndrewW. Mellon Foundation
,
Helen and SamZell
,
Ethel andWilliamGofen
,
Ada andWhitney Addington
,
the
Walter E.
Heller Foundation
, and
Roberta L. and Robert
J. Washlow
, with additional support from the
National Endowment for the Arts
and
Prince
Charitable Trusts
.