One of the highlights of Lyric Opera's 2014/15 season, Carousel is a guaranteed crowd pleaser and undoubtedly one of the finest musicals of the 1940s. This month marks the 70th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of Carousel, which had its first performance April 19, 1945.Rodgers and Hammerstein's fantastical Carousel comes to the Civic Opera House in an all new production. The exhibit is co-curated by Michael Schoenig and Scott Marr. It is free to all ticket holders and will be on display through early May. Located in the Opera Club on the lower level of the Civic Opera House, the exhibit includes set design paintings, set model elements, and a video interview with artist Paolo Ventura, costume design drawings by Catherine Zuber, and some vintage carousel elements on loan from Architectural Artifacts. The opening night performance of Carousel will be broadcast on 98.7 WFMT and streamed on on Sunday, April 12 at 7:15pm.Ĭarousel ticketholders can visit the new gallery exhibit “Creating Carousel” before curtain and during intermission of all performances. Neil Austin is lighting designer, Mark Grey is sound designer, and Michael Black is chorus master. Tony Award-winning Catherine Zuber is costume designer. Visual artist Paolo Ventura makes his theatrical debut as set designer.
Chase is a regular collaborator with director/choreographer Rob Ashford. Mullin and Tony Roberts ( Victor, Victoria) as the Starkeeper.Ĭonductor David Chase makes his Lyric debut with Carousel, leading members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus. It stars Steven Pasquale ( The Bridges of Madison County) as carousel barker Billy Bigelow Laura Osnes ( Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella) as his true love, millworker Julie Jordan Jenn Gambatese (Lyric’s The Sound of Music) as Carrie Pipperidge Matthew Hydzik ( Side Show) as Carrie’s beau Enoch Snow Denyce Graves (Lyric’s Carmen) as Nettie Fowler Jarrod Emick ( Damn Yankees) as Jigger Craigin Charlotte d’Amboise ( Pippin) as Mrs. The production is directed and choreographed by Tony, Emmy, and Olivier Award winner Rob Ashford.
Lyric Opera of Chicago’s stunning new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel opens tonight and runs through at the Civic Opera House in Chicago.
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