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Airs Saturday, September 1, 2018, at 12 noon. This week we present the Lyric Opera of Chicago with a production of Jimmy López' Bel Canto featuring Danielle de Niese as Roxane, J’nai Bridges as Carmen, Jeongcheol Cha as Hosokawa, Andrew Stenson as Gen, and Rafael Davila General Alfredo, with Jacques Imbralio, William Burden, Anthony Roth Costanzo. Sir Andrew Davis leads the Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus.