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It’s an old chestnut of a joke that applies even more to opera than to the theatre: A veteran actor is on his deathbed.
By Henson Keys
In our current political climate with issues of immigration, tribalism, and white nationalists, the 1957 musical West Side Story has a distinctly contemporary feel.
By Henson Keys
Sunday’s “Rising Stars in Concert”, featuring the Ryan Opera Center ensemble and members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra, was a stirring and entertainingly musical afternoon.
By Henson Keys
Saturday night, Lyric Opera of Chicago gave us a wonderful evening of vocalism in honoring Renée Fleming’s 25th anniversary at Lyric.
By Henson Keys
It’s been a rough winter in Chicago, and an especially rough one for lead singers at Lyric Opera of Chicago
By Henson Keys
Those of us who were hoping for “a star is born” performance were, alas, disappointed.
By Henson Keys
Of course, Stemme had the character’s frenzied fury at her father’s murderers in hand, but she had far more nuance—at times this Elektra was seductive, sympathetic, loving, even humorous in her bitterness.
By Henson Keys
Sondra Radvanovsky in a “Three Queens” concert and The Queen of Spades, plus three cycles of the Ring (senza Sondra) highlight Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2019-2020 season.
By La Cieca
San Francisco Opera continues its competition with Lyric Opera of Chicago for the title of “World’s Dullest Opera Company.”
By La Cieca
“We’ve realized that, actually, the status quo is not an option if we want to survive, let alone thrive.”
By La Cieca
Jules Massenet’s version of the Cinderella fairy tale, Cendrillon, seems to be back in vogue after many years of obscurity.
By Henson Keys
If sheer clarion vocalism is what draws you to the opera, then hie thee to Lyric Opera of Chicago’s rousing revival Of Verdi’s Il Trovatore, the oddly plotted but musically sublime opera that opened last night in the David McVicar production, originally seen in 2006.
By Henson Keys
Director David Pountney and his splendid designers have brought Lyric Opera of Chicago a visually spectacular Siegfried full of daring ideas.
By Henson Keys
“Renée Fleming herself will sing, of course…”
By La Cieca
Those readers who know my musical tastes will not be shocked to find that I have a somewhat conflicted view of Mozart’s operatic works.
By Henson Keys
Lyric Opera of Chicago resumed its season on Wednesday evening with the new-to-Chicago production of Puccini’s perennial audience pleaser La bohème.
By Henson Keys
The Chicago Federation of Musicians (CFM) Local #10-208 is striking against Lyric Opera of Chicago.
By La Cieca
The Stars of Lyric Opera weren’t under the stars last night, prevented by a persistent cloud bank, but they nonetheless provided a stirring evening of music in Chicago’s Millennium Park.
By Henson Keys
Just a few years back it would have been seen as ridiculous to put “Lyric Opera of Chicago” and “Jesus Christ Superstar” in the same sentence.
By Henson Keys
I found Fellow Travelers intellectually and politically riveting, musically thrilling, and profoundly moving. It was a triumph.
By Henson Keys
The production is at all times visually arresting, but it’s also extremely distracting.
By Henson Keys
It was an afternoon of spectacular singing, particularly from the two principals and the glorious Lyric Opera Chorus.
By Henson Keys
