FREE. Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park on September 7 at 7:30pm. Bring a picnic and a blanket or chair and enjoy a free performance.

The evening features excerpts from Lyric’s upcoming season, including the entire Act II from La bohème, as well as selections from Mozart’s Idomeneo and Verdi’s Il trovatore and La traviata. The concert will also include further selections by Verdi and Puccini and Saint-Saëns.

The all-star lineup will feature the stars of La bohème (Maria Agresta, Danielle de Niese, Michael Fabiano, Zachary Nelson, Adrian Sâmpetrean, and Jake Gardner) along with the Chicago Children’s Chorus and members of the Ryan Opera Center as Domingo Hindoyan leads the Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus.