Lyric Opera of Chicago

07/11/2015 - Rome in the year 1800 is a deadly place for dissidents. The painter Cavaradossi risks everything to shelter his comrade; but his lover, the…

07/04/2015 - Lyric Opera Music Director Sir Andrew Davis calls "Porgy and Bess the great American opera." George Gershwin's 1935 opera is bursting with…

06/27/2015 - There's no escaping your past. Aboard an ocean liner in the early 1960s, a West German diplomat, Walter, ad his wife, Liese, are bound for a…

06/28/2014 - Composed by Antonin DvorakIt’s like The Little Mermaid grown up. Beautiful and mysterious things happen in the dark woods. Lyric Opera of…

06/21/2014 - Composed by Gioacchino RossiniThe eponymous barber Figaro (baritone Nathan Gunn) is the ultimate fixer in this rollicking comedy. He struts…

06/14/2014 - Composed by Johann Strauss, Jr.Shameless flirting, false identities, dance-to-dawn partying, and free-flowing champagne: Johann Strauss,…

6/7/2014 - What’s it like to be the most beautiful, most desired party girl in Paris – and to be losing your life just as you find true love? Welcome to…

05/24/2014 - Approximately 3 hours - in Italian, composed by Giacomo Puccini - Libretto by: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, after the short story by…

05/17/2014 - Approximately 3 hours - In Italian, Composed by Giuseppe Verdi - Libretto by: Arrigo Boito, after William Shakespeare's…