“Revolution, Love, Freedom: Exploring the sacrifice of love and defiance of tyranny in Beethoven's Fidelio and Paër's Leonora” || Opera of Chicago and Chicago Opera Theater join forces for free panel discussion on pair of timely political operas to be staged this Fall ||
Saturday, September 21st, 1:00 pm || The conductors and directors of both productions–Lyric’s Music Director Enrique Mazzola and Chief Artistic Administration Officer Matthew Ozawa, Conductor Dame Jane Glover and COT General Director Lawrence Edelson–discuss the two operas based on the same 18th century libretto, moderated by WFMT’s LaRob K. Rafael, in this partnership between COT and Lyric Unlimited