Sitting in the dark on Wacker Drive listening to the grand Lyric Opera Chorus sing of such primal feelings is worth ...

Director Mary Birnbaum offers up a “Rigoletto” that’s partly revisionist yet has all the traditional pleasures of Italian ...

Beethoven’s only opera is a timeless tale of good versus evil, where a wife takes desperate measures to free her husband from ...

While Rigoletto is the title character in this tale of wishful love and sordid betrayal in the depraved court of a ...

Think you know what opera is? Sharon, a director and University of Chicago fellow, has written a new book asking audiences to ...

From Oktoberfest Chicago and Chicago Gourmet to the Hyde Park Jazz Festival and the Chicago Salsa Festival, there's plenty of ...

By Javier C. Hernández Celebrated for his long tenure with Lyric Opera of Chicago, he led this and other orchestras with force and a notably energetic podium presence. By Adam Nossiter Anthony ...

The opera season kicks off with a stunning Rigoletto at Lyric, with Fidelio, COT's Leonora, and Haymarket's Tamerlano in the ...

This season sees Chicago’s major opera companies celebrating many anniversaries amid a time of leadership changes. The Lyric ...

Music Director Enrique Mazzola kicks off Lyric’s 70th season with this production. The much-acclaimed Verdian conducts the legendary score with instantly recognizable highlights like the Duke ...

the opera has been dipping into its endowment to fill yawning budget gaps, and expects to keep doing so in the short term. The organization's next leader will usher in a new era at one of Chicago ...