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‘Show Boat’s’ Voyage into the Opera House

October 24, 2014

When Lyric Opera of Chicago added the music theater piece ‘Show Boat’ to its schedule in February of 2012, it seemed like a departure to some, a reconciliation to others. The latter group felt the project was long overdue … More ‘Show Boat’s’ Voyage into the Opera House

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Opera singers visit with Chicago public school students

Opera Singers as Motivational Speakers?

February 19, 2014

On their first day as newly anointed “community ambassadors” for Lyric Opera of Chicago, Eric Owens and Ana María Martínez dispensed with the typical school presentation and chatted with students about growing up in a confusing world. … More Opera Singers as Motivational Speakers?

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Patricia Racette as Cio-Cio-San

An Exclusive with Patricia Racette

January 15, 2014

It’s Friday afternoon, the day before the opening of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. It’s 50 degrees outside. Wacker Drive, which had been a maze of ice canyons, is now six inches underwater. Onstage, there’s a matinee of Die Fledermaus. Backstage, a crew copes with a missed Butterfly rehearsal. Earlier in the week, a polar vortex had … More An Exclusive with Patricia Racette

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