Reconcilable differences Reconcilable differences

Cameron Kelsall reports on a transcendent Jenufa from the Cleveland Orchestra

By May 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Thane enthusiasm Thane enthusiasm

Washington National Opera’s second full-run offering of the season, a new production of Verdi’s perennially appealing Macbeth, premiered last Wednesday at the Kennedy Center.

By November 19, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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S’amuse-bouche S’amuse-bouche

Lyric Opera of Chicago has opened its new season with a revival of its tried and true 2006 production of Verdi’s sixteenth opera, Rigoletto, one of his most tuneful and dramatic works (I attended the Sunday matinée performance).

By September 27, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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Vastly vivid Vastly vivid

Lyric Opera of Chicago scored a smashing success on Sunday with its “Verdi Voices” concert, featuring soprano Tamara Wilson, tenor Russell Thomas, and Lyric Music Director Enrique Mazzola conducting Members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra in what might be termed a program of Verdi’s Greatest Hits.

By February 08, 2022 at 2:57 PM
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Under the covers Under the covers

Winter weather has taken a toll on the cast of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s revival of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.

By February 12, 2020 at 1:37 PM
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Sunday will never be the same Sunday will never be the same

“Trove Thursday” presents two live versions of Sunday in the Park with George.

By May 02, 2019 at 10:00 AM
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Sweetness and light Sweetness and light

This was a Rosenkavalier that aspired to excellence and almost achieved it. 

By February 18, 2016 at 10:00 AM
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