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Chicago Voices Concert a Celebration of Vocal Music and Its Place in Chicago’S Rich Cultural History CONCERT The biggest night in Chicago music! Saturday, February 4, at 7:30pm PRINE JOHN JOHN EXCITE CHICAGO HOME JAZZ GROWN UNIFY CHICAGO MATTHEW THE FOLK RENÉE JESSIE MUELLER PRIDE UNIQUE EVOKE POLENZANI CELEBRATE TALENT HANDSOME FLEMING BROADWAY ONE-NIGHT-ONLY FAMILY SONGWRITER GOSPEL STAR CLASSICAL MULTI-GENRE K U R T POWER MICHELLE ELLING EXCITE SHEMEKIA COPELAND WILLIAMS TRIBUTE BLUES THE VOICES OF TRINITY MASS CHOIR VOCAL DOMINIC M. MERCIER/OPERA PHILADELPHIA DOMINIC M. MERCIER/OPERA LYRIC PREMIERE CHARLIE PARKER’S A CHAMBER OPERA YARDBIRDStarring Lawrence Brownlee Music by Daniel Schnyder Libretto by Bridgette A. Wimberly MARCH 24 7:30 PM New York City, 1955. As his body lies unclaimed in the morgue, saxophone great Charlie Parker returns in spirit to the jazz club Birdland, determined MARCH 26 2:00 PM to compose a final masterpiece. Family and friends blend in and out of his PERFORMED AT THE memories in an acclaimed new opera that tells of his tortured, brilliant life. HARRIS THEATER Performed in English with projected English texts Join Grammy winner and WFMT Jazz Network Post-opera performance by members of host , along with opera expert Both pre- and post-opera Neil Tesser Jesse the Enjoy for a 30-minute pre-opera talk. Talks begin Chicago Jazz Philharmonic. Gram the music of Charlie Parker performed live events FREE for all one hour before curtain time and explore the following the performance. ticket holders! operatic depiction of Charlie Parker’s life. Charlie Parker’s Yardbird is made possible by Lead Sponsor Lauter McDougal Family Foundation and cosponsors the Eisen Family Foundation, The Ferguson-Yntema Family Charitable Trust, Joseph E. Glossberg Foundation, Eric and Deb Hirschfield, LYRICOPERA.ORG and Kenneth R. Norgan. 312.827.5600 lerner & loewe A classic Broadway hit packed with love and laughter comes to Lyric in a lavish production! April 28 - May 21 | Tickets from $29 | Special discounts for groups of 10 or more Richard E. Grant The story of Eliza Doolittle, a young flower henry higgins seller with a Cockney accent, and Professor Distinguished film and television actor Henry Higgins, the phonetics expert who who has appeared in Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, and more teaches her to speak like a proper lady, will capture your heart with one enchanting tune after another: “On the Street Where You Lisa O’Hare Live,” “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly,” “I’ve Grown eliza doolittle Accustomed to Her Face,” “I Could Have One of Britain’s most captivating Danced All Night,” and more! musical-theater leading ladies LYRICOPERA.ORG 312.827.5600 MY FAIR LADY Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion. Original Production directed by Moss Hart. Production created by the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, in co-production with the State Academic Mariinsky Theatre. Photos by Pip Seed, Lisa Keating Photography, and Marie-Noëlle Robert/Théâtre du Châtelet. Lyric Opera premiere generously made possible by The Negaunee Foundation, an Anonymous Donor, Mrs. Herbert A. Vance and Mr. and Mrs. William C. Vance, The Jacob and Rosaline Cohn Foundation, Robert S. and Susan E. Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Reyes, Liz Stiffel, and Northern Trust. Since 1991 www.performancemedia.us | 847-770-4620 3453 Commercial Avenue, Northbrook, IL 60062 Gail McGrath Publisher & President Sheldon Levin Publisher & Director of Finance A. J. Levin Director of Operations Account Managers Rand Brichta - Arnie Hoffman - Greg Pigott Executive Editor Southeast Michael Hedge 847-770-4643 Southwest Betsy Gugick & Associates 972-387-1347 Lisa Middleton East Coast Manzo Media Group 610-527-7047 Marketing and Sales Consultant David L. 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