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COSÌ FAN TUTTE to Open Sunday at Chicago's Lyric Opera

Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025 and 2026 season continues with Mozart’s sparkling romantic comedy Così fan tutte, on stage ...

Review: In ‘Salome’ by Lyric Opera, devastating excess is the point

Original director David McVicar’s famous production of the Richard Strauss opera gets its bloody, eye-popping U.S. debut in ...

Review: The real star of Lyric Opera’s ‘Salome’ is Strauss’ extraordinary score

The music gives complexity and dimension to this gritty and decadent tale. But the production has shifted the action to ...
WBEZ

What to know about the darkly twisted ‘Salome,’ which is back at the Lyric Opera after two decades

Across history, the opera has run afoul of censors for its brutality and nudity. The current production at the Lyric Opera of ...
BroadwayWorld

Chicago Opera Theater to Stage DER SILBERSEE, a Musical Once Banned by Nazis

Chicago Opera Theater will present the Chicago premiere of DER SILBERSEE: EIN WINTERMÄRCHEN (THE SILVER LAKE – A WINTER’S FAIRY TALE) by Kurt Weill, with text by Georg Kaiser, from March 4 through ...
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Why the Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the most important cultural centers in the city

Lyric Opera of Chicago Music Director Enrique Mazzola joins John Williams to talk about the job a conductor does, if he ...
Chicago Tribune

Whose libretto is it, anyway? Chicago opera company takes on improv

We’re at a pizza parlor, listening to “The Perversity of Captain Morgan.” This opera has everything: drunk pirates, “horny fish,” a preteen stowaway from Colorado, and a character referred to only as ...