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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Grand Opening Concert featuring Lizzo and Yunchan Lim at Ravinia Festival
Dates: 7/11/2026
📍 Theatre: Ravinia Festival
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The grand opening of Ravinia's Hunter Pavilion features Marin Alsop conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in her final season as Ravinia Chief Conductor. Yunchan Lim performs Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major, and global superstar Lizzo makes her CSO and Ravinia debuts. Alsop also conducts Bernstein's Candide Overture and the concert suite from Strauss's Rosenkavalier, with Steans Institute alumna Janai Brugger singing the national anthem and Reach Teach Play student flutist Kaylee Johnson joining Lizzo for a special duet.
Cast and Creative Team for Chicago Symphony Orchestra Grand Opening Concert featuring Lizzo and Yunchan Lim at Ravinia Festival
Cast
Yunchan Lim
piano
Lizzo
flute
soprano
Konstanze
Miles Mykkanen
Belmonte
Sarah Dufresne
Blonde
Brenton Ryan
Pedrillo
Osmin
Pasha and narrator
Marc Bamuthi Joseph
librettist and spoken word artist
Kymberli Joye
soprano
Zebulon Ellis
tenor
tenor
Emanuel Ax
piano
vocalist
vocalist
Noah J. Ricketts
vocalist
Daniel Lozakovich
violin
Stella Chen
violin
Sheléa
vocalist
Darrel Walls
vocalist
Kéren Tayar
vocalist
Will Post
vocalist
Andrew Lipke
vocalist
Earl Lee
conductor
conductor
Klaus Mäkelä
conductor
conductor
conductor
Chi-Yuan Lin
guest conductor
co-curator
Steve Hackman
conductor and creator
Jules Buckley
conductor
Harry Silverstein
stage director
Adrienne Bader
stage manager
Madeline Slettedahl
head coach
Erik Soderstrom
Ensemble
Jeffrey P. Haydon
Ensemble
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Ensemble
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Ensemble
Adrian Dunn Singers
Ensemble
conductor.
Creative Team
Carlos Simon
Composer
Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Librettist
Melina Matsoukas
Visual Artist
Jeffrey P. Haydon
General Manager
Erik Soderstrom
Senior Director of Programming
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