HYDE PARK — A new klezmer opera commissioned by the Lyric Opera will premiere in Hyde Park on Wednesday night.
“The Property,” a new opera by 28-year-old Los Angeles-based Wlad Marhulets, will open at 7:30 p.m Wednesday at the Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th St.
Eric Einhorn directs librettist Stephanie Fleischmann’s adaptation of the graphic novel “The Property,” which tells the story characters Regina Segal and her granddaughter Mica as they travel to Warsaw to recover family property lost during World War II.
Mezzo-soprano Jill Grove and soprano Anne Slovin will be backed by the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band.
The opera will be performed at the Logan Center at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and 1 p.m. Friday before moving to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in suburban Skokie.
Tickets range from $20-$25.
For more information or to buy tickets, visit lyricopera.org/property.
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