I love taking the bus, and getting to meet new people. “I want to know Chicago and its citizens. To be the Director of one of the world’s major music institutions and to be sharing the experiences of my predecessors is extraordinary.
“It is really the greatest honor of my life to follow two great conductors, Bartoletti and Maestro Davis. Mazzola is only the third Music Director for the Lyric, following the tenures of Sir Andrew Davis and the late Bruno Bartoletti.ĥ/9/19 2:33:58 PM - Chicago, IL nLyric Opera ChicagonPortraits of Sir Andrew Davis and Anthony Freundnn© Todd Rosenberg Photography 2019 He proudly pointed out that day that it was the score for Sir David McVicar’s new production of Verdi’s Macbeth which he will be conducting at the Lyric Opera September 17 through October 9. “There is so much waiting at the gate, it is a good time to practice and I take out my pencil and study the score.” As musicians, there were more travel exemptions made by EU governments. Not unlike his pre-COVID schedule, Mazzola has flown back and forth from England where he led London’s Philharmonic to Berlin, Amsterdam, and Paris, often for the day, and always with his big black book.
When we spoke via zoom on a rainy morning at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s new Music Director Enrique Mazzola showed us what he never travels without, an oversized leather-bound opera score and a sharp pencil.ĩ/13/19 4:49:49 AM - The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s next music Director Enrique Mazzola.
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