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 and the Zell Family Foundation.
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, David W. Carpenter and Orit K. Carpenter, in loving memory of David W. Carpenter, and Virginia Tobiason.
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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Jonas Hacker
Kyle
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Daniela Mack
Angela
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Zachary Nelson
Paul
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Enrique Mazzola
Conductor
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Lileana Blain-Cruz *
Director
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Michael Black
Chorus Director
JOHN MOORE*
DILLON
JOSEPH LIM**
THOM
ADAM RIGG*
SET DESIGNER
KAYE VOYCE*
COSTUME DESIGNER
YI ZHAO*
LIGHTING DESIGNER
HANNAH WASILESKI*
VIDEO DESIGNER
* Lyric debut
** Ryan Opera Center alumnus
Co-commissioned and co-produced by Lyric Opera of Chicago, Norwegian National Opera, and Opera Philadelphia.
Header images: Erik Berg/Oslo Opera House