Sung in Italian with projected English texts Proving Up will be performed in the Owen Theatre at Goodman Theatre.

The Washington Post called Proving Up “harrowing…powerful…a true opera of our time.” Join us for the anticipated Chicago premiere of this new chamber opera. A haunting, supernatural story of Nebraska homesteaders in the 1870s and their dream of “proving up” and obtaining the deed to the land they’ve settled, the opera draws us vividly into a world where the requirement of a single glass window can shatter the hopes and dreams of a family.

In this gripping drama, acclaimed composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek explore whether regular, hard-working people are able to fulfill their destiny - and what happens when fate is cruel, and their dreams turn into nightmares. The American dream: the promise of a better life for those who work to achieve it. Performed in English with projected English texts

Stage Director: James Robinson, Camille A.LYRIC PREMIERE & NEW-TO-CHICAGO PRODUCTION.

Orchestra: Orchestra of the Lyric Opera.

, Martin Luther Clark, Lunga Eric Hallam, Norman Garrett

Singers: Will Liverman, Justin Austin, Latonia Moore, Whitney Morrison, Brittany Renee, Chauncey Packer, Benjamin Preacely, Reginald Smith, Jr.

Venue & Opera Company: Lyric Opera of Chicago, Illinois.

Libretto: Kasi Lemmons based on New York Times journalist Charles Blow's memoir Libretto Text, Libretto Index.

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