Review: Lyric’s Carmen Features Strong Performances, But the Plot Can Be Troubling

Georges Bizet produced some of opera’s most memorable music for Carmen, his 1875 composition, set in Spain and sung in…
Georges Bizet produced some of opera’s most memorable music for Carmen, his 1875 composition, set in Spain and sung in…
Barbershops and beauty salons are important cultural hubs for communities of color. “In my day, a barber was more than…
What do you get when you mix Englebert Humperdinck, a visual homage to German expressionism, Weimar decadence, and gorgeous singing?…
I was put under a spell on Friday. King Roger by the Chicago Opera Theater (COT) was the spellbinding work…
Rossini’s Le Comte Ory is my second French-language opera within a week. Verdi’s Don Carlos is also at the Lyric.…
The Lyric Opera in Chicago is at the forefront of opera productions on the world stage. It’s right up there…
Last year, the Lyric Opera presented a dazzling production of The Magic Flute originally conceived for Berlin’s Komische Oper by…
For the uninitiated (and perhaps even for those clued in) thinking of going to the opera, the Lyric’s Ernani is…
Quamino’s Map is the 22nd opera by the Belizean-born composer Errollyn Wallen who trained at the University of London and…
I gave high praise to Terence Blanchard’s opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones. The opening night performance at the…
My first opera was at age 10 when our parish priest took us to see La Boheme at the Lyric…
The voices! Soprano Michelle Bradley, making her Lyric Opera of Chicago debut in the title role of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca,…
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