avery r. young reimagines opera with notes of blues and funk in upcoming world premiere

Chicago’s inaugural poet laureate makes his Lyric mainstage debut with “safronia,” loosely based on his family’s own Great Migration story.

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avery r. young brings Black culture to the Lyric Opera