Articles filed under Opera
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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. ...
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John Mellencamp, Stevie Nicks, Common coming to Ravinia this summerMar 15, 2017 12:01 am - Stevie Nicks, Common and John Mellencamp are just a few of the 59 artists making their Ravinia Festival debuts this summer. The historic Highland Park venue announced i...
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Lyric Opera unveils next season with new 'Faust,' 'Jesus Christ Superstar'Feb 07, 2017 12:00 am - The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced its 2017-18 season of eight operas and extra performances, including a postseason production of the rock opera "Jesus Christ Sup...
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Watch Lyric Opera's 'Bel Canto' from the comfort of homeJan 11, 2017 5:00 am - "Bel Canto," the opera inspired by Ann Patchett's 2001 novel about a hostage crisis in Peru, had its world premiere in late 2015 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and you c...
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Brotherly advice pushes Wheaton native toward opera careerJan 10, 2017 4:30 am - Growing up in Wheaton, music was a big part of brothers Steve and David Govertsen's lives. "We didn't have that athletic thing going for us," David said. "It's kind of w...