Sunday in the Park with Lyric's Rising Stars

and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center perform a variety of favorites accompanied by members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra and conducted by Enrique Mazzola, Lyric's ... Skiptocontent Lyricrequiresallaudiencememberstobevaccinated.Learnmorehere. Close Overview Programbook Artists Sponsors Scroll Shows&events Upcomingshows SundayintheParkwithLyric'sRisingStars UpcomingDates Swipetoviewmoreslides Gotopreviousslide. Gotonextslide. JumpTo Overview Programbook Artists Sponsors SundayintheParkwithLyric'sRisingStars JoinusforaneveningofbeautifulmusicasartistsfromThePatrickG.andShirleyW.RyanOperaCenterperformavarietyoffavoritesaccompaniedbymembersoftheLyricOperaOrchestraandconductedbyEnriqueMazzola,Lyric’snewmusicdirector.Bringablanket,yourfavoritesnacks,andyourfellowmusicloversforthiscan’t-misssummerdelightthat’spartof ChicagoInTune,acitywidefestivalcelebratingourcity’slegendarymusiccommunity.   Anoteonsafety:Byattendingthisevent,youagreetofollowtheprotocolsatlyricopera.org/safety.MillenniumParkrequiresthatunvaccinatedindividualswearamaskproperlycoveringtheirnoseandmouth.AtLyricOpera,weencourageallguestsatthisfamily-friendlyeventtowearmasksunlesstheyareactivelyeatingordrinking,regardlessofvaccinationstatus. Location:JayPritzkerPavilion,MillenniumPark,201ERandolphSt Share: ShareSundayintheParkwithLyric'sRisingStarsonFacebook ShareSundayintheParkwithLyric'sRisingStarsonTwitter ViewFullCalendar Programbook Programbook Programbook Readmore Meettheartists MathildaEdge Soprano MathildaEdge Soprano RyanOperaCenterEnsemble Third-yearsopranoMathildaEdge,originallyfromChandlerville,Illinois,isanalumnaofIndianaUniversity’sJacobsSchoolofMusic,wheresheearnedhermaster’sdegreeinVocalPerformance. LearnMore MariaNovellaMalfatti Soprano MariaNovellaMalfatti Soprano RyanOperaCenterEnsemble ItaliansopranoMariaNovellaMalfattiisasecond-yearRyanOperaCentermember. LearnMore DenisVélez Soprano DenisVélez Soprano RyanOperaCenterEnsemble Second-yearRyanOperaCentersopranoDenisVélez,fromPuebla,Mexico,wasanationalwinneroftheMetropolitanOperaEricandDominiqueLaffontCompetitionin2020. LearnMore KatherineBeck Mezzo-Soprano KatherineBeck Mezzo-Soprano RyanOperaCenterEnsemble OriginallyfromBennington,Vermont,second-yearmezzo-sopranoKatherineBeckwasmostrecentlyheardonstageattheMetropolitanOpera,whereshecompetedasasemi-finalistintheEricandDominiqueLaffontCompetitioninFebruary2020.  LearnMore KatherineDeYoung Mezzo-Soprano KatherineDeYoung Mezzo-Soprano RyanOperaCenterEnsemble Second-yearRyanOperaCentermezzo-sopranoKatherineDeYounghailsfromTraverseCity,Michigan.  LearnMore KathleenFelty Mezzo-Soprano KathleenFelty Mezzo-Soprano RyanOperaCenterEnsemble Mezzo-sopranoKathleenFelty,fromLubbock,Texas,isathird-yearmemberoftheRyanOperaCenter.  LearnMore MartinLutherClark Tenor MartinLutherClark Tenor RyanOperaCenterEnsemble Second-yearRyanOperaCentertenorMartinLutherClarkrecentlycompletedhisstudiesattheCurtisInstituteofMusic,receivingamaster’sdegreeinopera. LearnMore LungaEricHallam Tenor LungaEricHallam Tenor RyanOperaCenterEnsemble Second-yearRyanOperaCentertenorLungaEricHallamisfromKhayelitsha,SouthAfrica. LearnMore LeroyDavis Baritone LeroyDavis Baritone RyanOperaCenterEnsemble BaritoneLeroyDavisisasecond-yearmemberofthe RyanOperaCenter. LearnMore RiversHawkins Bass RiversHawkins Bass RyanOperaCenterEnsemble First-yearRyanOperaCenterbassRiversHawkinsisanativeofColumbia,SouthCarolina. LearnMore AnthonyReed Bass AnthonyReed Bass RyanOperaCenterEnsemble BassAnthonyReedisathird-yearmemberoftheRyanOperaCenterandanalumnusoftheCurtisInstituteofMusicandtheUniversityofWisconsin-EauClaire. LearnMore DonaldLeeIII Conductor/Pianist DonaldLeeIII Conductor/Pianist RyanOperaCenterEnsemble OriginallyfromHampton,Virginia,DonaldLeeIIIistheinauguralRyanOperaCenterconductor/pianist,anewEnsemblepositionin2021/22. LearnMore ChrisReynolds Pianist ChrisReynolds Pianist RyanOperaCenterEnsemble Second-year RyanOperaCenter pianistChrisReynoldshasmadeanameforhimselfasbothasoloistandacollaborator. LearnMore EnriqueMazzola Conductor EnriqueMazzola Conductor AsofJuly1,2021,ItalianconductorEnriqueMazzolaismusicdirectorofLyricOperaofChicago.HeisonlythethirdpersontoserveinthiscapacityatLyric,followingthetenuresofSirAndrewDavisandthelateBrunoBartoletti. LearnMore FEATURINGTHELYRICOPERAORCHESTRA SundayintheParkwithLyric’sRisingStarsisgenerouslymadepossibleby Leadsponsor withadditionalsupportfrom Rhoda&HenryFrankFamilyFoundation WalterE.HellerFoundation CNA InLovingMemoryofBeatriceG.CrainbytheCrain-MailingFoundation TheRecordingIndustry’sMusicPerformanceTrustFund FilmFundsTrustFunds DebbieK.Wright PresentedincooperationwithTheCityofChicagoandMillenniumPark. Backtotop Byusingthissite,youagreetoourPrivacyPolicy,whichdescribesouruseofcookies. Close (opensnewwindow)