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CHARLIE PARKER’S
YARDBIRD
Starring
Lawrence Brownlee
Music by
Daniel Schnyder
Libretto by
Bridgette A. Wimberly
LYRIC PREMIERE
MARCH
24
7:30
PM
MARCH
26 2:00
PM
PERFORMED AT THE
HARRIS THEATER
New York City, 1955.
As his body lies unclaimed in the morgue, saxophone
great Charlie Parker returns in spirit to the jazz club Birdland, determined
to compose a final masterpiece. Family and friends blend in and out of his
memories in an acclaimed new opera that tells of his tortured, brilliant life.
Performed in English with projected English texts
LYRICOPERA .ORG
312.827.5600
DOMINIC M. MERCIER/OPERA PHILADELPHIA
Both pre- and post-opera
events FREE for all
ticket holders!
Post-opera performance by members of
the
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic.
Enjoy
the music of Charlie Parker performed live
following the performance.
Join Grammy winner and Jazz Network host
Neil Tesser
, along with opera expert
Jesse Gram
for a 30-minute pre-opera talk. Talks begin one
hour before curtain time and explore the operatic
depiction of Charlie Parker’s life.
Charlie Parker’s Yardbird
is made possible by Lead Sponsor
Lauter McDougal Family
Foundation
and cosponsors the
Eisen Family Foundation
,
The Ferguson-Yntema Family
Charitable Trust
,
Joseph E. Glossberg Foundation
,
Mr. and Mrs. Eric L. Hirschfield
,
and
Kenneth R. Norgan
.