In Lyric Opera’s ‘The Listeners,’ one little sound drives a woman to the edge
The opera by composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek follows a schoolteacher who is plagued by a sound called “the ...
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‘The Listeners’ casts a soprano from Chicago in the lead of its convention-shattering story
The new work — about a middle-aged schoolteacher ensnared in a cult — premieres this week at the Lyric Opera. Hyde Park ...
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Composer Missy Mazzoli filters her opera 'The Listeners' through a contemporary lens
Her work, “The Listeners,” will begin performances ... “Having a middle-aged woman as a character is very rare in opera,” said soprano Nicole Heaston, 53, who is making her Lyric debut ...