A busy semester continues for Lyric Theatre @ Illinois. Their production of Puccini’s iconic opera “La Boheme” opens Thursday night at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on the University of Illinois Urbana campus.
A late 16th century choral piece has been reimagined with dramatic staging and lighting in the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s performance of “La Grime di San Pietro,” coming to Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Saturday at 7:30pm.
The week of July 16th will be an intense one for participants in the annual Summer Piano Institute at the University of Illinois. Piano students from across the U-S and abroad will be studying with five guest faculty pianists — including the Summer Piano Institute’s artistic director, Ian Hobson. Both students and guest faculty will give public performances, and some will perform with Sinfonia da Camera.
Lyric Theatre at Illinois’ final show of the season is the Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick musical, “She Loves Me,” opening Thursday night at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana.
Nathan Gunn sings the lead role and directs the classic Mozart opera, opening Thursday night at Kranner Center for the Performing Arts.
