University Park, Illinois—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2014. Back by popular demand! For the fifth consecutive year, singers from Lyric Opera will highlight selections from the upcoming season including Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess,” Puccini’s “Tosca,” Wagner’s “Tannhauser” and more.
Lyric Opera Preview returns to Governors State University (GSU) Center for Performing Arts stage for one performance only on September 21 at 4 p.m.
You’ll find Lyric Opera’s season theme of LONG LIVE PASSION an exciting one as suitors compete, playboys conquer, rulers vie for power and love is a battlefield for rivals. Sample it all in one night of passion. No season commitment required. Tickets are only $35. And our Opera Up Close series offers a unique and up-close experience for audience members. Rather than hearing the music from the perspective of the auditorium, patrons are seated onstage for a unique vantage point.
Soprano Kimberly McCord, last seen on the CPA stage in last year’s “Lyric Opera Preview,” and Bass-Baritone Dan Richardson, who stunned audiences in last season’s “Love and Marriage,” return to the CPA stage. Award-winning Mezzo Soprano Jessye Wright and Tenor Hoss Brock make their CPA debut. Pianist Paul Hamilton, last seen on the CPA stage as the accompanist for “Lift Ev’ry Voice,” will accompany the singers. Tenor Brock will return for our second “Opera Up Close” performance on March 1, with his wife, Sarah Ponder, who will star as Julia Child in “Bon Appetit!” The ticket price for “Bon Appetit!” ($50) includes a sampling of food from around the world.
John Concepcion, producer of Opera Up Close will narrate providing plot points, historical tidbits and trivia about the operas and composers.
Governors State University is located at 1 University Parkway, University Park, Illinois. Series packages are available through the box office. The box office is open 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday-Saturdays and two hours prior to performances. Tickets are $35 and can be purchased online at www.centertickets.net or by calling 708-235-2222.
Programming is supported in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
Source: govst.edu
