My great hope-my prayer-is that we all get back to performances-live performances within these beautiful theaters. I am sure there’s a future for some of these concerts, but I do not want there to be. Do you think there’s a future for these types of performances long term or are you eager to get back in front of a live audience? It’s gorgeously lit, and beautifully done. Because the audience really doesn’t get to see it from our view. I think the Lyric is doing it really beautifully, to bring their audience to the theater in this way-to see it from a different perspective. What’s it like to perform a virtual concert? Photo courtesy of Todd Rosenberg Photography 2020. Heather Headley performs vocals and Doug Peck plays Piano. Lyric Opera Chicago’s Women’s Board Opening Night Opera Gala. I’ve been there for a show, but never had the opportunity to sing there before. And it was the first time that I’d sung on the Lyric Opera stage. It reminded me that is always where I get that healing, whether it be on stage or just singing in your bathroom, singing wherever.
But then I started singing and it was just so healing and cathartic. Seeing the empty chairs and the empty seats, this empty, gorgeous, beautiful theater was sad. And walking into the theater and everybody was in shields and masks-to protect me and also to protect themselves-I was like, “Ah, I just, I hate this whole thing.” What did it feel like to perform in such an iconic setting-your first time on stage at Lyric Opera of Chicago? Driving into Chicago and seeing it so empty-it hurt my heart. And it was a sad but just a cathartic experience. But this was the first time I was on stage. I think we’ve all been performing from our bathrooms and our living rooms and our basements and outside our homes, and everywhere else we can find. Is this the first time you’ve performed on a stage since the start of the pandemic? We caught up with Headley to ask her about family life during the pandemic, starring alongside a powerhouse cast of co-stars in Netflix’s Sweet Magnolias, and what it was like to perform on Lyric’s iconic stage. 13, will feature Headley’s performance, as well as performances by world-renowned soprano Renée Fleming, soprano Ailyn Pérez, bass Soloman Howard, and mezzo-soprano and Ryan Opera Center alumna J’Nai Bridges, with Doug Peck serving as music director.
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The free virtual concert, which will take place Sept. That changed this month when the Northwestern University graduate, who played the role of Nala in the original Broadway cast of The Lion Kingand the title role in Aida, for which she won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical, took the stage to perform as part of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s For the Love of Lyric. Like so many fellow artists, Heather Headley hasn’t been able to share her talents with a live audience since the pandemic began.
Tony and Grammy Award winner Heather Headley has been no stranger to the stage - until now.
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