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Midwest Premiere: Carlos Simon's Good News Mass at Ravinia Festival
Dates: 7/31/2026
📍 Theatre: Ravinia Festival
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Marin Alsop leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the Midwest premiere of the co-commissioned Good News Mass by composer Carlos Simon, featuring a spoken word performance from librettist Marc Bamuthi Joseph. The performance is part of Ravinia's observance of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
Cast and Creative Team for Midwest Premiere: Carlos Simon's Good News Mass at Ravinia Festival
Cast
Yunchan Lim
piano
Lizzo
flute
Janai Brugger
soprano
Kathryn Lewek
Konstanze
Miles Mykkanen
Belmonte
Sarah Dufresne
Blonde
Brenton Ryan
Pedrillo
Morris Robinson
Osmin
Jefferson Mays
Pasha and narrator
María Dueñas
violin
Kymberli Joye
soprano
Zebulon Ellis
tenor
Bernard Holcomb
tenor
Emanuel Ax
piano
Micaela Diamond
vocalist
Bryonha Marie
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
Creative Team
Marin Alsop
Conductor
James Conlon
Conductor
Klaus Mäkelä
Conductor
Ted Sperling
Conductor
Chi-Yuan Lin
Guest Conductor
Laura Karpman
Co-Curator
Harry Silverstein
Stage Director
Adrienne Bader
Stage Manager
Jules Buckley
Conductor
Steve Hackman
Conductor and Creator
Carlos Simon
Composer
Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Librettist
Melina Matsoukas
Visual Artist
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