An American Dream: Lyric Opera of Chicago

LYRIC PREMIERE & NEW PRODUCTION

Music by Jack Perla

Libretto by Jessica Murphy Moo

Sung in English with projected titles

CONDUCTOR | DANIELA CANDILLARI

DIRECTOR | MATTHEW OZAWA

TREASURED POSSESSIONS BECOME SYMBOLS OF HOME IN THIS CONTEMPORARY OPERA INSPIRED BY AMERICAN HISTORY. Set during World War II, we meet two women: a Japanese American forced to leave her home, and a German-Jewish immigrant preoccupied by those she left behind. Praised as “a heart-wrenching opera… eloquent and moving” (The Seattle Times), don’t miss the premiere of this riveting American chamber opera.

A free, pre-opera talk will begin one hour before curtain, and the audience is invited to a post-performance discussion. Attendees will also have the opportunity to view images on loan from the Alphawood Foundation from the 2017 exhibition Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Images will be on display in the lobby spaces for performances.

In partnership with University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration and the Japanese American Service Committee, free public event offerings will be happening throughout the month of March. Click here for more information on these public events.  

Lyric Unlimited premiere generously made possible by Lead Sponsor The Wallace Foundation and cosponsors the Seymour H. Persky Charitable Trust and Mary Stowell.