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Category: Lyric Opera of Chicago

  • Lyric Opera Chicago’s 2017-18 Season

    September 23- October 15 2017: Orphee et EurydiceOctober 7- November 3 2017: RigolettoNovember 1-30 2017: Die WalküreNovember 19- December 10 2017: The Pearl Fishers December 5 2017- January 27 2018: TurandotFebruary 4-28 2018: I PuritaniFebruary 17- March 16 2018: Così fan tutteMarch 3-21 2018: Faust April 27- May 20 2018Jesus Christ Superstar Nov. 1-30 The…

  • Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2014-2015 Season

    September 27 -October 29, 2014: Don Giovanni October 6-28 2014: CapriccioOctober 27- November 29 2014: Il Trovatore November 17-December 20 2014: Porgy and Bess December 6 2014-January 16 2015: Anna Bolena January 24- March 14 2015: ToscaFebruary 9 -March 6 2015: Tannhäuser February 24 -March 1, 2015: The PassengerMarch 28-29 2015: El Pasado Nunca Se…

  • Lyric Opera of Chicago’s The Passenger and New Ring Cycle

    Lyric Opera of Chicago‘s 2014-2015 season includes The Passenger, which will be performed from February 24 to March 15, 2015. The company will also present a new Ring production, directed by David Pountney, starting on October 1, 2016 and continuing in consecutive seasons, followed by three complete cycles in April 2020. The conductor is Sir…

  • Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2013-2014 Season

    October 5 – November 2 2013: Otello October 15 2013- January 26 2014: Madama Butterfly November 9–29 2013: Parsifal November 20- December 20 2013: La traviata December 10 2013-January 18 2014: Die Fledermaus February 1–28 2014: Il barbiere di SivigliaFebruary 22- March 16 2014: Rusalka March 5–23 2014: La clemenza di TitoSpring 2014: The Sound…

  • Rinaldo at Lyric Opera of Chicago

    * Notes * A new production of Rinaldo (Act II, Scene 3 pictured left, photograph by Dan Rest/Lyric Opera of Chicago) concludes Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2011-2012 season. The Sunday matinée performance was nothing if not entertaining. Director Francisco Negrin created his own little circus within Handel's music, an internally consistent world whose elements all…

  • Show Boat at Lyric Opera of Chicago

    * Notes * A new production of Show Boat (Act I, Scene 1 pictured left, photograph by Robert Kusel/Lyric Opera of Chicago) opened at Lyric Opera of Chicago last month. The Friday matinée performance was an utter delight from top to bottom. Director Francesca Zambello is at her best in this co-production with Lyric, San…

  • Lyric’s World Premiere in 2015-2016

    Today Lyric Opera announced the world premiere of Bel Canto, by composer Jimmy López and librettist Nilo Cruz. The work is based on the novel by Ann Patchett will be performed in the 2015-16 season. The conductor will be Sir Andrew Davis and the director Stephen Wadsworth. The opera has been commissioned as part of…

  • Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2012-2013 Season

    October 6-30 2012: Elektra October 15 – November 9 2012: Simon Boccanegra November 11-26 2012: Werther November 25- December 15 2012: Don Pasquale December 7 2012-January 19 2013: Hansel and Gretel January 21- March 28 2013: La bohème February 8- March 3 2013: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg February 25- March 30 2013: RigolettoMarch 26- April…

  • General Director of Lyric Opera

    Houston Grand Opera's General Director Anthony Freud will be the next General Director of Lyric Opera Chicago effective October 1, 2011. Press Release | Lyric Opera's Official Site

  • Assault at Lyric Opera

    Someone at Lyric Opera of Chicago‘s Saturday performance of Carmen seems to have been arrested for assaulting an usher. Chicago Tribune Article | Lyric Opera Official Site