In this opera, composed by Jeanine Tesori with a libretto by Tazewell Thompson, you never see the event at the heart of the ...
A five-year-old opera, “Blue,” tackles this tragedy head-on with a simple yet weighty story about a Black couple in Harlem ...
The Goodman's "Christmas Carol," Lincoln Park Zoo's Zoolights and the Museum of Science and Industry's “Christmas Around the ...
Blue,” the opera by composer Jeanine Tesori and librettist Tazewell Thompson, was to be part of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2019–20 season, but was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
An intimate look at family, faith, and community in times of grief and healing, Blue makes its Chicago premiere at Lyric ...
The 25-year-old is a second-year ensemble member of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center, which trains the next generation of star singers. The Lyric co-production features Tony Award winner Jeanine ...
Holiday nights and lights • Lightscape, the immersive light spectacle now in its sixth year at the Chicago Botanic Garden, ...
Tallchief also has a day named after her. In 1953, the Oklahoma Legislature declared June 29 as Maria Tallchief day. She ...
And a new production at the Lyric Opera follows a black family grappling ... who plays the character known as father and Zoe Reams, a Chicago native who plays the mother character.