Lyric Opera’s Season Off to a Full-Throated Start
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Lyric Opera’s principal conductor and one of its stars join us in conversation and song.
Joining us in performance and conversation about the company’s season are Sir Andrew Davis, music director and principal conductor of Lyric Opera of Chicago who conducts “Das Rheingold”; and Okka von der Damerau, who debuted at Lyric on Saturday in the role of Erda in the production.
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Lyric Opera’s Season Off to a Full-Throated Start
Clip: 10/5/2016 | 10m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Joining us in performance and conversation about the company’s season are Sir Andrew Davis, music director and principal conductor of Lyric Opera of Chicago who conducts “Das Rheingold”; and Okka von der Damerau, who debuted at Lyric on Saturday in the role of Erda in the production.
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