Lyric Opera 2021-2022 Special Issue: Verdi Voices

BLANCHARD/LEMMONS Lyric premiere Sung in English with projected English titles March 24 - April 8 lyricopera.org/fire 312.827.5600 Lyric’snewco-productionofBlanchard’s Fire ShutUp inMyBones isgenerouslymadepossiblebyan AnonymousDonor , the Zell Family Foundation , the Harris Family Foundation , the LauterMcDougalCharitable Fund , H.GaelNeeson , Ethel&WilliamGofen , Susan&RobertMorrison ,and ITW . Fire ShutUp inMyBones .Anoperaby TerenceBlanchard.Basedon thebookbyCharlesM.Blow. LibrettobyKasi Lemmons. Commissionedby theMetropolitanOpera.OriginallycommissionedbyOpera Theatreof St. Louis,co-commissionedby Jazz St. Louis. FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES PUCCINI Lyric’s presentation of Puccini’s Tosca is generously made possible by the Frances Pietch Trust , Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP , Julius Frankel Foundation , and the Mazza Foundation . New-to-Chicago production Sung in Italian with projected English titles March 12 - April 10 lyricopera.org/tosca 312.827.5600