Articles filed under Opera
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Lyric Opera Orchestra on strike; performances canceled through SaturdayOct 09, 2018 1:00 am - Lyric Opera of Chicago orchestra members went on strike Tuesday, imperiling the 2018-2019 season days after its opening coproduction of Puccini's "La Boheme." The st...
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Soirée Lyrique to put on Puccini's 'Tosca' April 29Mar 22, 2018 11:00 pm - Maestro Philip Morehead, a veteran of more than 30 years as pianist and conductor at Lyric Opera of Chicago, will direct "Tosca" at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at the First...
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Lyric Opera wraps up stunning new production of 'Faust'Mar 19, 2018 11:00 pm - Life is tragic because it always ends in death. It is scary and sad to watch yourself wither. Not everyone can accept it, and many people don't want to age. Some of them...
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Lyric Opera's new 'Faust' a visual bounty of John Frame's surreal artMar 06, 2018 11:00 am - “Faust” - ★ ★ ★ ½ The Lyric Opera of Chicago would never rebrand Charles Gounod's “Faust” as “John Frame's Faust.” But the California-based artist and production designe...
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Suburban soprano Ailyn Perez finds Lyric's 'Faust' role 'too good to pass up'Feb 24, 2018 10:00 pm - With the best opera singers booked years in advance, getting soprano Ailyn Pérez for Lyric Opera of Chicago's new production of Gounod's “Faust” - just weeks before it o...
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Lyric Opera's 2018-19 season features 'Siegfried,' 'West Side Story'Feb 06, 2018 5:01 pm - Returning favorites and company premieres are featured in the Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2018-19 season, which was announced on Tuesday in a subscriber presentation at the...
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New Philharmonic opens 2018 with Verdi's "La Traviata"Jan 15, 2018 10:00 pm - "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her," said Jesus to the teachers of the law and the Pharisees when they brought in a woman ca...
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Constable: Worldwide fame for 'accidental tenor' from Hawthorn WoodsDec 23, 2017 12:00 am - When his boss wouldn't let Donald Kaasch out of work to attend the birth of his daughter in 1986, a co-worker came to the Hawthorn Woods man's defense. World-renowned te...
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Lyric-Joffrey collaboration updates triumphant 'Orphée et Eurydice'Sep 25, 2017 1:00 am - Stuffy opera traditionalists may bristle at "Orphée et Eurydice," a historic first collaboration between the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Joffrey Ballet that boldly op...
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Joffrey Ballet to partner with Lyric at Civic Opera HouseSep 22, 2017 1:00 am - The Joffrey Ballet is jumping to join the Lyric Opera of Chicago at the Civic Opera House at the start of the 2020-21 season, according to a statement released Friday. ...