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THE OPERA
Bel Canto
Music by
Jimmy López
Libretto by
Nilo Cruz
Based on the novel by
Ann Patchett
Commissioned by Lyric Opera of Chicago
General Director
Anthony Freud
Music Director
Sir Andrew Davis
Creative Consultant
Renée Fleming
World–premiere performances
Dec. 7, 2015—Jan. 17, 2016
Opera in two acts in
Spanish, English, Japanese, Russian,
German, French, Latin, and Quechua
TIME and PLACE
1996, A stately two–story mansion in Lima, Perú.