Lyric Opera Orchestra’s concert was an enticing event, notable for both its gathering of a dozen outstanding singers ideally backed by the excellent orchestra, as well as serving as a teaser for the company’s upcoming season.
The weather was ideal, the concert attracted an audience estimated to be about 7,000 strong, and even the irritating roar of a helicopter and the sound of a couple of emergency sirens failed to distract the gifted artists on stage.
Next up was Verdi’s rarely performed work, “Ernani,” the story of Elvira , a woman madly in love with the title character , but who is being pursued by both her elderly uncle, Don Ruy Gomez de Silva, and King Carlos of Spain. And then it was on to “Don Carlos,” Verdi’s epic, five-act opera about war and peace, and a father and son who compete for the same woman. The prince of the title , is in love with his young step-mother, Elisabeth of Valois. Baritone Laureano Quant and tenor Ryan Capozzo joined in a strong duet from the opera.
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