SAFRONIA x Lyric Opera | World Premiere

“A New American Opera”

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Lyric Opera of Chicago is proud to present the world premiere of safronia, an evocative new work commissioned from Chicago’s first Poet Laureate, avery r. young. Drawing on Black folklore and poetic narrative, and rich with the musical lineages of gospel, blues, funk, and soul, safronia offers an Afro-surrealist meditation on family, memory, and the enduring imprint of the Great Migration on American life.

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