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Lyric Opera of Chicago: Mieczyslaw Weinberg's The Passenger

Airs on Saturday, June 27, at 12 noon. On this week's Lyric Opera of Chicago, suppressed for more that 40 years, Mieczyslaw Weinberg's opera The Passenger is the story of a former Nazi SS Officer haunted by her past and stunned when she believes a fellow passenger if a former prisoner. Hosted by Suzanne Nance with commentary by Rogers Pines. the powerful and provocative opera stars Amanda Majeski as Marta and Daveda Karanas as Liese, with Brandon Jovanovich as Walter, Joshua Hopkins as Tadeusz, and Kelly Kaduce as Katya. Sir Andrew Davis will lead the Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus.