Don Quichotte at Lyric Opera of Chicago Photo: Todd Rosenberg Photography
MASSENET: Don Quichotte
Sunday 20 October 2019 at 6.00pm on RNZ Concert
Cast:
Feruccio Furlanetto (Don Quichotte), Clémentine Margaine (Dulcinée), Nicola Alaimo (Sancho), Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus & Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis
More than half a century before 'Man of La Mancha', French composer Jules Massenet brought Cervantes’s universally beloved dreamer Don Quixote to the operatic stage.
Don Quichotte at Lyric Opera of Chicago Photo: Todd Rosenberg Photography
Inspired by the greatest of all Spanish novels, 'Don Quichotte' is the story of an eccentric idealist and self-proclaimed knight errant who tilts at windmills and fights for the honor of his lady Dulcinée.
Don Quichotte at Lyric Opera of Chicago Photo: ©Todd Rosenberg Photography
The opera combines Massenet’s fabulously atmospheric music with his own matchless theatrical flair to conjure a Spain that abounds with energy and spirit, beauty, and hope.
Don Quichotte at Lyric Opera of Chicago Photo: Andrew Cioffi
Legendary bass Ferruccio Furlanetto bringing this signature role to vivid life with Sir Andrew Davis conducting in a production that is as gorgeous to see as it is to hear.
