The 2016-2017 broadcast season of Lyric Opera of Chicago runs May 10 through July 22 kicking off the ten-opera season with the Lyric's much-anticipated new Ring cycle, Das Rhinegold, which features perfromances by Eric Owens, Samuel Youn, and Stefan Margita.
The season also includes:
Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor - May 27
Berlioz' Les Troyens - June 3
Massenet's Don Quichotte - June 10
Mozart's The Magic Flute - June 17
Bellini's Norma - June 24
Bizet's Carmen - July 1
Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin - July 8
Mozart's Don Giovanni - July 15
Wagner's Tannhauser - July 22