73 / 74
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
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
Both pre- and post-
opera events FREE
for all ticket holders!
Post-opera performance
by members of the
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
Pre-opera talk by Grammy
winner and WFMT Jazz
Network host
Neil Tesser
,
along with opera expert
Jesse Gram
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
,
Eric and
Deb Hirschfield
, and
Kenneth R. Norgan
.
A CHAMBER OPERA
PERFORMED AT
THE HARRIS THEATER
DOMINIC M. MERCIER/OPERA PHILADELPHIA