Lizzo Makes CSO & Ravinia Debuts at 90th Season
Lizzo joins the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia this summer, alongside Klaus Mäkelä, a Mozart opera, and the Midwest premiere of Carlos Simon's Good News Mass.
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This Land at Ravinia Festival
Dates: 8/2/2026
📍 Theatre: Ravinia Festival
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Conductor Ted Sperling curates 200 years of classic American music in a program titled This Land, performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The concert is part of Ravinia's observance of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
Cast and Creative Team for This Land at Ravinia Festival
Cast
Yunchan Lim
piano
Lizzo
flute
soprano
Konstanze
Miles Mykkanen
Belmonte
Sarah Dufresne
Blonde
Brenton Ryan
Pedrillo
Osmin
Pasha and narrator
María Dueñas
violin
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
Creative Team
Conductor
Chief Conductor
Carlos Simon
Composer
Film Composer
Conductor
Klaus Mäkelä
Conductor
Conductor
Harry Silverstein
Stage Director
Adrienne Bader
Stage Manager
Jules Buckley
Conductor
Steve Hackman
Conductor and Creator
Melina Matsoukas
Visual Artist
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