Lyric Opera of Chicago will present Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, on stage in a production that dares to ask: what if ...

The music gives complexity and dimension to this gritty and decadent tale. But the production has shifted the action to ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025 and 2026 season continues with Mozart’s sparkling romantic comedy Così fan tutte, on stage ...

Conventional wisdom has it that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” has been a bankable opera house favorite for more ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago Music Director Enrique Mazzola joins John Williams to talk about the job a conductor does, if he ...

Original director David McVicar’s famous production of the Richard Strauss opera gets its bloody, eye-popping U.S. debut in ...

Across history, the opera has run afoul of censors for its brutality and nudity. The current production at the Lyric Opera of ...

This month, Lyric Opera of Chicago is putting on a murderous operatic double feature of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.” The remaining performances will be at 7:30 p.m.

Lyric stages Richard Strauss's twisted but thrilling Salome, based on Oscar Wilde's play, for the first time in 20 years.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Navy Pier announced Tuesday that the Chicago performing arts community will come together for a special two-day event later this month. Chicago Live Again will be a free event taking ...

Opera companies around Chicago are reexamining aspects of the art form’s more than 400-year-old history this fall season. There are several intriguing opera rarities receiving Chicago premieres, plus ...