Fire Shut Up in My Bones Archives

Opera , Stages , Talk show

Dialogs: “Talking Race at the Opera” by the Chicago Humanities Festival

I gave high praise to Terence Blanchard’s opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones. The opening night performance at the Lyric was filled with excitement and local luminaries. The following […]

Kathy D. Hey

March 29, 2022

Opera , Stages

Review: The Peculiar Grace of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones at Lyric Opera

My first opera was at age 10 when our parish priest took us to see La Boheme at the Lyric Opera House. I always thought that opera was sung in […]

Kathy D. Hey

March 25, 2022