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The Listeners (2022)

Libretto: Royce Vavrek
Enrique Mazzola, Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus, Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra, Adia Evans (Soprano), Emily Mwila (Soprano), Gemma Nha (Soprano), Jasmine Habersham (Soprano), Kelsea Webb (Soprano), Nicole Heaston (Soprano), Daniela Mack (Mezzo Soprano), Marie Sokolova (Mezzo Soprano), Sophia Maekawa (Mezzo Soprano), Stephanie Sanchez (Mezzo Soprano), Corinne Wallace-Crane (Alto), Jared V. Esguerra (Tenor), Jonas Hacker (Tenor), John Moore (Baritone), Joseph Lim (Baritone), Kyle Ketelsen (Bass-baritone), Zachary Nelson (Bass-baritone), Christopher Filipowicz (Bass)
2025, Chicago, Lyric Opera of Chicago
35 Tracks, 2:02:23

  • Act I

    • 1. Prologue, Part 1: 'This is how we live now.' (Thom, Danica, Dillon)
      03:42
    • 2. Prologue, Part 2: 'Do you hear it?' (Chorus)
      01:35
    • 3. Our Hackles at Full-Mast (Claire, Paul)
      05:49
    • 4. 'For God’s sake, Mom!' (Ashley, Paul, Claire)
      03:23
    • 5. 'Kyle, hang back a minute.' (Claire, Kyle)
      05:44
    • 6. 'Hey, get this, my mom is fucking my uncle.' (Jess, Ashley, Lee Ann)
      01:18
    • 7. Hortense's Confessional (Hortense)
      02:41
    • 8. 'You close?' (Claire, Paul, Kyle, Ashley)
      03:53
    • 9. Bitch and Moan (Ashley, Claire)
      03:30
    • 10. Classroom Chaos (Chorus, Lee Ann, Claire, Mrs. Moreno)
      04:23
    • 11. Vince's Confessional (Vince)
      02:53
    • 12. 'I get the feeling they’re fancy.' (Claire, Kyle)
      00:27
    • 13. Oversharing (Angela Rose, Claire)
      04:33
    • 14. 'He sounds a little too good to be true.' (Claire, Angela Rose, Howard, Kyle)
      03:58
    • 15. The Hum (Angela Rose, Chorus, Sina, Bram, Dillon, Thom, Emily, Danica, Vince)
      02:26
    • 16. 'Yes. I've brought some literature.' (Thom, Howard, Claire)
      03:03
    • 17. 'Do you hear it?' (Howard, Angela Rose, Claire)
      04:48
    • 18. Mailbox Fire (Claire, Paul, Chorus)
      06:13

  • Act II

    • 1. Entr'acte: Angela's Confessional (Angela Rose, Howard)
      06:04
    • 2. I Built this For You (Howard, Chorus, Thom)
      05:38
    • 3. 'I'm not into this shit.' (Thom, Howard, Chorus, Danica, Angela Rose, Sina, Hortense, Vince, Bram, Dillon)
      03:27
    • 4. A Vice on Our Ears (Dillon, Howard, Chorus)
      04:07
    • 5. Claire's Confessional (Howard, Kyle, Claire)
      05:38
    • 6. 'I have a bipolar relationship with the hum.' (Kyle, Dillon, Vince, Chorus, Emily, Hortense, Thom, Bram, Danica, Sina)
      03:39
    • 7. 'I give my mind, my heart, my body to you.' (Angela Rose, Howard)
      04:07
    • 8. 'What is happening here?' (Claire, Dillon, Howard, Chorus, Angela Rose)
      03:04
    • 9. Dillon vs. the Tower (Chorus, Dillon)
      01:40
    • 10. Newscast (Theresa, Dillon)
      01:45
    • 11. Surrender (Claire, Paul)
      02:25
    • 12. 'You don't make love to me like that anymore.' (Angela Rose, Howard, Claire)
      02:27
    • 13. He Built Nothing (Claire)
      02:32
    • 14. 'See?! Look! He doesn't even hear it!' (Chorus, Angela Rose, Howard, Claire)
      02:29
    • 15. 'Four are dead.' (Theresa)
      00:26
    • 16. Kyle's First Confessional (Kyle)
      03:03
    • 17. Epilogue (Claire, Paul, Ashley, Chorus)
      05:33