“Both Renée and I also were touched by a beautiful piece we heard for voice and piano,” stated Davis.
In the Lyric’s prepared material Sir Andrew Davis said the fact that Lopez is Peruvian was part of the decision for choosing him as well as Lopez’s potential for handling this project. Lopez has never written an opera before nor has he composed anything for voice apart from a few short works. In her friend Patchett’s tale of disparate hostages throw together by political events, Fleming said what appealed to her most was that Pachett “creates a utopian society based on the power of music and the sense of community it creates,” and that the scenario presents “a cathartic emotional experience” well suited to an operatic treatment. In material prepared by Lyric Opera for Tuesday’s announcement Fleming said that Bel Canto was always intended as the source material for the new opera, which she was tasked with curating. Sir Andrew Davis will conduct and Stephen Wadsworth will direct and oversee the progress of the project. This will be Lopez’s first opera.ĭanielle de Niese will star as Roxanne Coss, the star soprano who is among a group of hostages captured by a band of Peruvian terrorists. The composer will be Jimmy Lopez, a 33-year-old Pervuvian and the librettist will be Nilo Cruz, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Cuban-American playwright of Anna in the Tropics. The Lyric Opera of Chicago announced Tuesday that its newly commissioned opera would be Bel Canto, an adaptation of the novel by Ann Patchett, which will have its world premiere in the 2015-16 season.
The opera that Renée Fleming, the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s creative consultant, has chosen for the company’s new commission is a tale of terrorism and intrigue with an American opera star as the central character, a figure widely believed to be based upon Fleming herself. Danielle de Niese will star in "Bel Canto," which will be premiered at the Lyric Opera in 2015.
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