The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Lyric Opera of Chicago
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* Notes * The cast for Lyric Opera of Chicago's Hercules is nothing short of impressive. The Thursday matinée performance seemed well-attended, even the lecture from director Peter Sellars was rather full. Sellars certainly expressed a strong conception for how he staged this oratorio, and has both respect and understanding for the work. However, sometimes…
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October 1-29 2011: Tales of Hoffmann October 10- November 5 2011: Lucia di Lammermoor November 7-29 2011: Boris Godunov November 19- December 11 2011: Ariadne auf Naxos December 6 2011-January 22 2012: Die Zauberflöte January 21- February 8 2012: Aida February 12- March 17 2012: Show Boat February 29- March 24 2012: Rinaldo Lyric Opera…
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Soprano Renée Fleming has been named the first Creative Consultant of Lyric Opera of Chicago. Press Release | Renée Fleming's Official Site
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William Mason, Lyric Opera of Chicago's general director, will retire at then end of the 2011-2012 season. Generalmusikdirektor Kent Nagano is leaving the Bayerische Staatsoper when his contract is up in 2013. William Mason Press Release | Welt Online
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October 1-30 2010: Macbeth October 13 2010- March 27 2011: Carmen November 5-23 2010: A Midsummer Night's Dream November 15- December 10 2010: Un Ballo en Maschera December 6 2010-January 21 2011: The Mikado January 22- February 21 2011: La Fanciulla del West February 11- March 8 2011: Lohengrin March 4-21 2011: Hercules Lyric Opera…
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September 26 2009- January 29 2010: ToscaOctober 5- November 7 2009: FaustOctober 27- November 23 2009: ErnaniNovember 22- Deceumber 12 2009: Katya KabanovaDecember 5 2009- January 16 2010: The Merry WidowJanuary 23- February 22 2010: L'Elisir d'AmoreFebruary 20- March 17 2010: La Damnation de FaustFebruary 28- March 27 2010: Le Nozze di Figaro René Pape and Kyle Ketelsen share the…
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September 27- October 31 2008: ManonOctober 6- November 4 2008: Les Pêcheurs de PerlesNovember 7-30 2008: LuluNovember 18- December 19 2008: Porgy and BessDecember 13 2008- January 29 2009: Madama Butterfly January 19- February 28 2009: Tristan und IsoldeFebruary 14- March 27 2009: Cavalleria Rusticana/PagliacciMarch 2-28 2009: Die Entführung aus dem Serail Lyric Opera of…
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* Notes * Every performance of La Traviata has been sold-out at Lyric Opera of Chicago this January. I was unconvinced I could finagle a ticket for yesterday's matinée, as craigslist only had people who wanted tickets and Lyric Opera does not have standing room. Yesterday the Lyric Opera site still had the warning "Individual…
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* Notes * Doctor Atomic had its last performance this season at Lyric Opera of Chicago yesterday. The first half of the opera seemed much like what audiences saw in San Francisco two years ago, besides a few minor changes in the libretto and a soprano as Kitty Oppenheimer, instead of a mezzo. I had…
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As you might remember, Angela Gheorghiu (Magda in La Rondine) was fired by Lyric this season. A little bird told me that Ms. Gheorghiu is very nice and not a diva at all. I heard from someone else that she might have been a little testy about her lodging. It was also suggested that she…
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