Lyric Opera 2025-2026 Issue 6 - Carmina Burana

7 | Lyric Opera of Chicago John Mangum General Director, President & CEO Enrique Mazzola Music Director RUNNING TIME : 65 minutes with no intermission PROGRAM CARL ORFF (1895 – 1982) Carmina Burana (1936) FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI (Fortune, Empress of the World) O Fortuna Fortune plango vulnera I. PRIMO VERE (In Springtime) Veris leta facies Omnia Sol temperat Ecce gratum UF DEM ANGER (On the Green) Tanz Floret silva Chramer, gip die varwe mir Reie Were diu werlt alle min II. IN TABERNA (In the Tavern) Estuans interius Olim lacus colueram Ego sum abbas In taberna quando sumus III. COUR D’AMOURS (The Court of Love) Amor volat undique Dies, nox et omnia Stetit puella Circa mea pectora Si puer com puellula Veni, veni, venias In trutina Tempus est iocundum Dulcissime BLANZIFLOR ET HELENA (Blanziflor and Helena) Ave formosissima FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI (Fortune, Empress of the World) O Fortuna