After Pandemic Slowdown, Lyric Opera of Chicago Music Director Appears to Ramp Again Up | Chicago Information

Maestro Enrique Mazzola took over as music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2019 with grand plans for the 70-year-old establishment.

Then the pandemic hit.

Manufacturing shut down for components of the final two years as COVID-19 ebbed and flowed.

“Throughout the difficulties, I actually wished to search out options to make music … We actually put our forces collectively and we discovered easy methods to make music all through the difficulties,” stated Mazzola.

Now, Lyric is again in a giant approach with two epic productions — Verdi’s “Don Carlos” and Rossini’s “Le Comte Ory” alternating on the stage proper now. Mazzola is conducting each.

Even earlier than the pandemic, opera homes have been struggling to maintain their audiences. Seeking to the longer term, Mazzola says he makes music for everybody.

“Opera speaks to everybody, particularly as a result of after we see opera we really feel sentiments that we obtain from the singers…,” he stated. “As a result of opera goes by means of all these emotions, there’s a second by which we determine ourselves with what is going on on stage.”

For extra details about Lyric Opera of Chicago productions go to lyricopera.org.