JohnsonĮven amid the multi-year run of successes the Lyric Opera of Chicago has enjoyed in its annual spring offerings of great American musicals, the current production of Rogers and Hammerstein’s “The King and I” is exceptional, a theatrical experience as visually and musically resplendent as it is emotionally true.Īs the culturally contentious twosome at the story’s heart, English school teacher Anna Leonowens and the prideful King of Siam who has hired her to help bring his country into the modern world, Kate Baldwin and Paolo Montalban make an irresistible pair: headstrong, passionate, rollicking, “et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.,” as the King doubtless would complete the thought.īaldwin brings the kind of show-stopping vocal glory essential to a character, a widow still quite susceptible to romantic yearning, who inevitably leads the way on this exotic journey. The opera company has since closed its doors due to funding issues and is currently closed as of 2017.Review: “The King and I,” musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, at Lyric Opera of Chicago through May 22. The 2013–2014 season will feature Viva Verdi!, Broadway and Beyond, La Vie De Boheme and Master Class by Terrence McNally.

The 2012–2013 season included a Discovery Recital and Romeo and Juliet, featuring Cody Austin and Emily Duncan-Brown. LOV's 2011–2012 inaugural season featured Verdi's La Traviata starring Manon Strauss Evrard, Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I with Lisa Vroman and Kevin Gray, and an abridged production of Carmen with Magdelena Wor and Jonathan Burton. Maestro Joseph Walsh is General and Artistic Director. The LOV presents classical and contemporary opera and musical theater repertoire and trains promising young vocal and theater artists. Lyric Opera Virginia (LOV) is a not-for-profit professional opera and musical theater company based in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please introduce links to this page from related articles try the Find link tool for suggestions. This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it.

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