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LE COMTE ORY Chicago IL 2022 Lawrence Brownlee, Kathryn Lewek, Kayleigh Decker, Zoie Reams
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Le comte Ory
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Libretto: Eugène Scribe, Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Lyric Opera of Chicago, Illinois
- Recorded: November 2022
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Lawrence Brownlee, Kathryn Lewek, Kayleigh Decker, Zoie Reams, Ian Rucker, Mirco Palazzi, Lindsey Reynolds, Lunga Eric Hallam, Wm. Clay Thompson
- Conductor: Enrique Mazzola
- Orchestra:
- Choreographer: August Tye
- Stage Director: Bartlett Sher, Kathleen Smith Belcher
- Stage Designer: Michael Yeargan
- Costume Designer: Catherine Zuber
- Lighting Designer: Chris Maravich, Brian MacDevitt
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Lyric Opera Chicago
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The master of operatic comedy who created The Barber of Seville strikes again with this side-splitting comedy replete with onstage antics that match its high-energy music. High jinks ensue when Countess Adèle sequesters herself in her castle while her valiant brother is away on a crusade. In his absence, the amorous Count Ory stops at nothing (including disguising himself as a nun!) to gain entry to the castle and woo the virtuous Countess. Le Comte Ory is one of opera’s most frothy delights, with music that bubbles over like the most effervescent champagne. In this pricelessly witty production, bel canto tenor par excellence Lawrence Brownlee stars in the virtuosic title role — one of his specialties internationally — opposite the Countess of Kathryn Lewek, one of her generation’s most scintillating coloratura sopranos. You’ll smile from the overture to the happy ending.