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The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Music Director and acclaimed Verdian, Enrique Mazzola, this evening conducts the opening night of Rigoletto. Opening the season with a sumptuous production by director Mary Birnbaum, who makes her Lyric debut, the cast includes baritone Igor Golovatenko, soprano Mané Galoyan, and tenor Javier Camarena. Now in his fourth season as…Read more ›
This summer JBM artists will be performing at festivals across the globe. 19 July – 11 August: Bregenz Festival, Austria Enrique Mazzola conducts the Vienna Symphony for Weber’s Der Freischütz. Find out more. 20 July: Virtuoso and Belcanto Festival, Italy Viviane Hagner and pianist Till Fellner perform a programme of Mozart, Ligeti, and Brahms…Read more ›
This evening Maestro Mazzola takes to the podium for the opening night of Weber’s Der Freischütz at the Bregenz Festival, where he is Conductor in Residence. Appearing on the spectacular Bregenz stage with direction and set design by Philipp Stölzl, this most popular opera amongst the German-speaking world tells the tale of a young hunter’s…Read more ›
This evening, Maestro Mazzola conducts the opening night of Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux at the Nationale Opera Amsterdam with performances running until 6th May. Having previously conducted Anna Bolena and Maria Stuarda in Amsterdam, Mazzola returns to complete the Tudor trilogy with Roberto Devereux. Mazzola is joined in the pit by the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and…Read more ›
Italian conductor Enrique Mazzola renews his partnership with the Lyric Opera of Chicago into the next decade, it was announced today. Since becoming Music Director in September 2021, Mazzola has led the company in numerous critically acclaimed productions, including Sir David McVicar’s new production of Verdi’s Macbeth: “Mazzola was firmly in command” (Musical America). Other…Read more ›
Tomorrow, Enrique Mazzola conducts the opening night of Francesca Zambello’s striking production of Verdi’s Aida at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Aida, one of Verdi’s most glorious scores brings us the grandest of triumphal marches, contrasted with scenes of riveting intimacy for the principal characters. Michelle Bradley and Russell Thomas are the two main protagonists…Read more ›
Lyric Opera of Chicago’s music director Enrique Mazzola conducts the Chicago premiere of “Champion”. Six-time Grammy Award winning composer Terence Blanchard’s first opera (libretto by Michael Cristofer), premiered in St Louis in 2013 and tells the true story of welterweight boxer Emile Griffith. This “opera in jazz” features a superb cast including Reginald Smith, Jr.…Read more ›
Tonight Italian Maestro Enrique Mazzola conducts the opening night of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena at Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he is Principal Guest Conductor. With a star cast featuring the likes of Federica Lombardi, this much-anticipated David Alden production runs until 26 December. This concludes a wonderful year for Enrique who has conducted critically-acclaimed new productions in Amsterdam,…Read more ›
This weekend Enrique conducts the opening night of The Flying Dutchman at Chicago Lyric Opera House. The electrifying production by Christopher Alden features a star cast including Tamara Wilson and Tomasz Konieczny. This kicks off a busy season for Enrique which includes other major productions in Berlin (Anna Bolena), Amsterdam (Roberto Devereux) as well as…Read more ›
Toi toi toi! This evening Italian Maestro Enrique Mazzola conducts the first of three performances of Verdi’s Ernani at Bregenzer Festspielhaus, and tomorrow evening sees him conduct the opening night of Puccini’s heartbreaking opera, Madama Butterfly, at the beautiful lakeside Seebühne. The colourful and atmospheric production from Andreas Homoki runs until 20th August.