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"Le Comte Ory" stands out as a bubbly delight, enjoyed because its uplifting, energetic, and joyous melodies are a contrasting tonic for today’s tough times.
Maestro Enrique Mazzola took over as music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2019 with grand plans for the 70-year-old institution. Then the pandemic hit.
The next to last of Rossini’s 39 operas, the piece has long been overshadowed by the composer’s better-known masterpieces like “The Barber of Seville.”