Lyric Opera of Chicago partnered with the Joffrey Ballet for the Paris (tenor) version of Gluck's opera.

This production began at the Santa Fe Opera in 2006, directed by Laurent Kelly and starring Joyce DiDonato. The rest of the cast has changed over the years but it has become a true "signature role" for Ms. DiDonato. The sets were designed by Barbara de Limburgh and have come to the larger stages of the world over the last 12 years without losing their sense of the original fairy tale.

The Count's son Rodolfo knows the secret of how the Count killed his predecessor with the help of Wurm. Miller and Luisa are caught in the crossfire.

See Oklahoma's Kelly O'Hara as Despina on the HD broadcast at your local movie theater with Christopher Maltman as Don Alfonso, Amanda Majewski and Serena Malfi as Fiordiligi and Dorabella, and Ben Bliss and Adam Platchetka as Ferrando and Guglielmo.

Christine Goerke has become the premiere Elektra of our time. She appears with Elza van den Heever as her sister Chrystothemis, Michaela Schuster as her mother Klytaemnestra, and Mikhail Petrenko as her brother Orest, in this presentation of the greatest of all disfunctional families. The rest of the afternoon will be the Spring Fund Drive for opera and vocal music.