Beyond the wail Beyond the wail

Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci at Lyric Opera of Chicago are hysterical in all the wrong ways.

It all began tonight It all began tonight

West Side Story opened LA Opera’s 40th anniversary season with fury and flair

Sick and tired Sick and tired

Before this weekend, I never thought I would want to leave an opera by Act I. The recent production of Puccini’s La bohème at the Lyric Opera of Chicago taught me that there’s a first time for everything.