Join us for an upscale night at the opera, featuring a powerful new African-American work!

Destined to become a classic, the 2019 work *[Blue](https://www.lyricopera.org/shows/upcoming/2024-25/blue/)* presents the moving story of ​​a Black middle-class couple in Harlem, whose lives are shattered when their teenage son is shot by a white police officer. Compounding the heartbreak is the fact that the Father is a so-called "Black in Blue" — he serves on the very same police force. Tony Award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori's moving music brings to life Tazewell Thompson's probing, sensitive libretto. A co-production of Lyric, The Glimmerglass Festival, and Washington National Opera, *Blue* was named the Best New Opera of 2019 by the Music Critics Association of North America.

We were able to get amazing MAIN FLOOR seats! To get your ticket, send $59 through Zelle to host Robin Tillmon 312-285-7555. Then text her to confirm, and indicate PAID in the comments. Hurry, these seats are extremely limited and can sell out at any time. \*NOTE!!!\* If you are not in your seat at 6:55p, you will not be allowed to enter until intermission. You will have to watch from a screen in the lobby.

The timing of the composition and premiere of the work proved uncannily prescient, coming as it did just before the reckonings with racial injustice and examinations of law enforcement begun in 2020. The two-act opera opens when the Mother gathers her Girlfriends to celebrate the impending birth of her son. There is joy, but also notes of caution as the women discuss the dangerous lives of young Black men. Before long, we meet The Son as a teenager, full of creativity and idealism, and bridling at his parents' authority. His death, which takes place offstage, becomes all the more tragic because the family had been together in their kitchen only a short time before. After the tragedy, the Father and Mother and their community search for solace amidst powerful feelings of guilt, regret, and loss.

We will meet in the lobby at 6p to meet & greet and get seated together. Look for host Robin T. Please text if you don't see her, or are running late. \*NOTE\* If you are not in your seat at 6:55p, you will not be allowed to enter until intermission. You will have to watch from a screen in the lobby. Check Spothero.com for discount parking nearby.

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11/20 A Night at the Opera: "BLUE"- A riveting Black production! Main Floor $59

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