Lyric Opera of Chicago’s general director Anthony Freud announced today that two internationally acclaimed opera singers, American sopranos Christine Brewer and Elizabeth Futral, have been cast for the new production and company premiere of The Sound of Music, to be presented next spring.

“We are excited to confirm two exceptional cast members: Christine Brewer as Mother Abbess, and Elizabeth Futral as Baroness Elsa Schraeder,” said Freud.