Verdi’s Rigoletto opens at Lyric on Saturday, September 14

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CHICAGO (9/13/2024) — Opening Chicago’s cultural season with a vengeance, Verdi’s psychological thriller Rigoletto returns to Lyric Opera of Chicago, September 14 to October 6, 2024.

Music Director Enrique Mazzola kicks off Lyric’s 70th season with this production. The much-acclaimed Verdian conducts the legendary score with instantly recognizable highlights like the Duke’s “La donna è mobile” and Gilda’s ecstatic “Caro nome.” Rigoletto’s timeless tale of passion, revenge, and obsession is on spectacular display in director Mary Birnbaum’s Lyric debut.

The trio at the center of Rigoletto is anchored by three captivating voices: Javier Camarena and Mané Galoyan, who each make their highly anticipated Lyric debuts, and returning star Igor Golovatenko. The production also stars Lyric favorites Soloman Howard and Zoie Reams.

We look forward to welcoming audiences for this electrifying start to Chicago’s opera season.

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A high-resolution video trailer is available on Lyric's YouTube channel and in Lyric's online press room.

Read the Rigoletto digital program book before the performance.

Performance dates for Rigoletto are September 14; matinees on September 18 and 22; September 25, 28, and October 1; and a matinee on October 6. All performances take place at the Lyric Opera House, 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago.

Audio description, a guided touch tour of the set, and SoundShirts are available at the Sunday, September 22 matinee performance. For more information, visit lyricopera.org/accessibility.

Rigoletto is performed in Italian, with projected English titles.

The running time is 2 hours and 35 minutes, including one intermission.

For tickets and information, call 312.827.5600 or go to lyricopera.org/rigoletto.

Lyric's presentation of Verdi's Rigoletto is generously made possible by an Anonymous Donor and Randy L. & Melvin R.* Berlin.
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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.

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Lyric Opera of Chicago is committed to redefining what it means to experience great opera. The company is driven to deliver consistently excellent artistry through innovative, relevant, celebratory programming that engages and energizes new and traditional audiences.

Under the leadership of General Director, President & CEO John Mangum and Music Director Enrique Mazzola, Lyric is dedicated to reflecting, and drawing strength from, the diversity of Chicago. Lyric offers, through innovation, collaboration, and evolving learning opportunities, ever-more exciting, accessible, and thought-provoking audience and community experiences. We also stand committed to training the artists of the future, through The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center; and to becoming increasingly diverse across our audiences, staff, programming, and artists—magnifying the welcoming pull of our art form, our company, and our city.

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