Across history, the opera has run afoul of censors for its brutality and nudity. The current production at the Lyric Opera of ...
Original director David McVicar’s famous production of the Richard Strauss opera gets its bloody, eye-popping U.S. debut in ...
Lyric Opera of Chicago will kick off the 2025/26 cultural season with Sunday in the Park with Lyric, a free outdoor concert celebrating the power and beauty of live opera. This annual end-of-summer ...
Programming and musical performances will kick off April 1 and culminate in an April 30 concert at Chicago’s Lyric Opera ...
This month, Lyric Opera of Chicago is putting on a murderous operatic double feature of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.” The remaining performances will be at 7:30 p.m.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Navy Pier announced Tuesday that the Chicago performing arts community will come together for a special two-day event later this month. Chicago Live Again will be a free event taking ...
In this interview with John Mangum, the General Director, President & CEO of Lyric Opera of Chicago, we learn that in addition to the fabulous history of operas presented at the Lyric, there is so ...
Opera companies around Chicago are reexamining aspects of the art form’s more than 400-year-old history this fall season. There are several intriguing opera rarities receiving Chicago premieres, plus ...