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

Elza van den Heever is the clear star of this Lyric Opera production, which Beethoven wrote after the French Revolution as a ...

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

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

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

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

Last Saturday was one of the most rewarding opening nights of the season Lyric Opera of Chicago has seen in many years. Our ...

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

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

Lyric Opera’s “Rigoletto” runs through October 6 at Lyric Opera House, 20 North Wacker (at Madison). Performance dates are ...

It's the eternal question for all Chicagoans: "What should we do this weekend?" We're lucky to live in a city brimming with ...

Chicago’s 2024-25 dance season is full of new works, captivating collaborations and welcome revivals. There’s something for ...