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Lyric Opera of Chicago

Washington National Opera (The Kennedy Center)

Glimmerglass Festival

Stage director

Stage director (+2)

Tazewell Thompson

Costume designer

Costume designer (+1)

Jessica Jahn

Lighting designer

Robert Wierzel

Conductor

Joseph Young

Set designer

Donald Eastman

Bass (+3)

Kenneth Kellogg

The Father

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Zoie Reams

The Mother

Baritone (+1)

Norman Garrett

The Reverend

Tenor

Travon Walker

The Son

Soprano (+1)

Ariana Wehr

Girlfriend 1/Nurse/Congregant 1

Adia Evans

Girlfriend 2/Congregant 2

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Krysty Swann

Girlfriend 3/Congregant 3

Tenor (+1)

Terrence Chin-Loy

Policeman 1/Congregant 1

Jonathan Pierce Rhodes

Policeman 2/Congregant 2

Bass-baritone (+3)

Christopher Humbert Jr.

Policeman 3/Congregant 3

Lyric Opera House

Blue is destined to become an American classic. Co-produced by Lyric, The Glimmerglass Festival, and Washington National Opera, the opera presents the moving story of ​​a Black middle-class family in Harlem whose hopes and dreams for their teenage son are shattered when he is shot by a white police officer. Tony-winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s magnificently moving music is matched by Tazewell Thompson’s probing, deeply sensitive libretto. The vocally and theatrically formidable bass Kenneth Kellogg (Lyric debut), who scored a triumph in the world premiere and in productions around the world, plays opposite two outstanding American artists – mezzo-soprano Zoie Reams and baritone Norman Garrett – in this anticipated Chicago premiere.

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