The revival of John Cox’s Metropolitan Opera production will be directed by Peter McClintock. William Burden and Audun Iversen will costar as her rival suitors in a cast that also includes Bo Skovhus as the Count, Anne Sofie von Otter and Peter Rose. Strauss’s final opera depicts the dilemma of the Countess Madeleine who must choose between the composer Flamand and librettist Olivier. Renée Fleming, Lyric Opera’s creative consultant, will star in Richard Strauss’s Capriccio beginning October 6, her first appearance in a fully staged Lyric production since La Traviata in 2008. ![]() Andrea Silvestrelli will portray the Commendatore and Sir Andrew Davis conducts. ![]() Ana María Martínez is Donna Elvira, Marina Rebeka Donna Anna and Andriana Chuchman Zerlina. Mariusz Kwiecien will star as the sexually prolific Don, a role in which the Polish baritone has become internationally celebrated. The season will open September 27 with Mozart’s Don Giovanni in a new production by designer Walt Spangler, to be directed by Robert Falls. Unlike the current season’s safety-first emphasis on populist Italian repertory, the 2014-15 Lyric lineup, announced Monday, offers much greater variety and balance. The Lyric Opera of Chicago will mark its 60th anniversary season with a little known 20th-century work, a revival of a popular American opera and Renée Fleming’s first appearance in a fully staged company production in six years. ![]() Renée Fleming will star in Richard Strauss’s “Capriccio” this fall at Lyric Opera.
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