Articles filed under Opera
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Best Bets: Chicago Auto Show zooms in to McCormick Place
Feb 8, 2022 6:00 AM - See some new rides when the 2022 Chicago Auto Show begins this weekend at McCormick Place, Buckets N' Boards tours to the Batavia Fine Arts Centre Friday, and the Duke Ellington Orchestra brings big-band jazz classics to the Des Plaines Theatre Sunday. -
Best Bets: JoJo Siwa and 'Dancing with the Stars Live' hit Rosemont
Feb 3, 2022 11:50 AM - JoJo Siwa brings "D.R.E.A.M. The Tour" to Rosemont's Allstate Arena, "The Art of the Brick" makes art out of Legos at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, and Naperville native Tamara Wilson stars in "Verdi Voices" at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. -
Lyric 2022-23 season includes two world premieres plus 'Carmen' and 'Ernani' revivals
Feb 1, 2022 10:53 PM - The Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2022-23 season includes two world premieres, plus three new-to-Chicago imports: Verdi's "Don Carlos," Rossini's "Le Comte Ory" and "Fiddler on the Roof." Revivals of "Carmen," "Ernani" and "Hansel & Gretel" are also on the bill. -
Best Bets: Shadow or not, Groundhog Days returns to Woodstock
Jan 27, 2022 8:36 AM - Woodstock celebrates Groundhog Days with a myriad of events starting Friday, the Norge Annual Winter Ski Jump Tournament returns to Fox River Grove, and local comedian Lenny Schmidt plays Zanies in Rosemont and Chicago. -
Lyric Opera reschedules 'Proving Up' to future season due to COVID-19 concerns
Jan 5, 2022 12:53 PM - The Lyric Opera of Chicago has postponed its January run of "Proving Up" due to shifting health safety concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Best Bets: Joffrey Ballet's lavish 'Nutcracker' returns
Nov 30, 2021 6:00 AM - The Joffrey Ballet's "The Nutcracker" opens at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago, the "Cirque Musica Holiday Spectacular" tours to the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, and comedian Rocky LaPorte plays the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights. -
Silent movie-inspired 'Magic Flute' dazzles at art deco Lyric Opera House
Nov 4, 2021 7:32 PM - The Lyric Opera House proves to be the apotheosis of perfect places to see Mozart's "The Magic Flute" in the globally popular Komishe Oper Berlin production. All the animated 1920s imagery inspired by silent movies feels architecturally right at home, and it consistently dazzles. -
Return to form: Fans rejoice in the return of live opera
Sep 28, 2021 9:44 AM - Live opera performances have resumed following the hiatus imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021-22 season features many Chicago premieres and returning favorites. -
Best Bets: Lyric Opera crowns a new 'Macbeth'
Sep 15, 2021 7:30 AM - Former St. Charles resident Sondra Radvanovsky stars in a new Lyric Opera of Chicago production of Verdi's "Macbeth," Ron White plays the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan and the Monster Jam returns to the Allstate Arena in Rosemont. -
Suburban singers perform in Metropolitan Opera concert remembering 9/11
Sep 10, 2021 1:19 PM - Elk Grove Village native and soprano Ailyn Pérez stars alongside Evanston native and tenor Matthew Polenzani as soloists in PBS' concert of "Verdi's Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11."
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