Sir David McVicar’s psychologically driven Salome arrives in Chicago

Alex Boyer (Herod) and Jennifer Holloway (Salome)

Nicholas Brownlee (Jochanaan) and Jennifer Holloway (Salome)

Jennifer Holloway (Salome) and Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Herodias)

Salome at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Jennifer Holloway (Salome) and Alex Boyer (Herod)

Von Graham Meyer, 26 Januar 2026

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“Jennifer Holloway, who specializes in Salome, oscillated among affects persuasively”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Lyric Opera House, Chicago, am 25 Januar 2026

Strauss R., Salome

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Tomáš Netopil, Musikalische Leitung

Sir David McVicar, Regie

Es Devlin, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Wolfgang Göbbel, Licht

Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra

Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus

Julia Burbach, Regie

59 Productions, Video

Jennifer Holloway, Salome

Nicholas Brownlee, Jochanaan

Alexander Boyer, Herodes

Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Herodias

Ryan Capozzo, Narraboth

Catherine Martin, Herodias' Page

Andrew George, Choreographie

Nabucco-Premiere mit starkem Ensemble an der Lyric Opera of Chicago

Dan Wang, 23rd January

Die Lyric Opera hat die bisher bestklingende Premiere des Jahres zusammengestellt, in der Sänger, Chor und Orchester alle mit erstaunlicher Sicherheit begannen und nur noch besser wurden.

****1

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera brings Spanish to the Lyric Opera

Graham Meyer, 29th March

The Lyric Opera of Chicago's presentation of El último sueño de Frida y Diego brings the Mexican artists to life... or at least a life reminiscent of their real ones.

****1

Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners takes its Chicago bow

Graham Meyer, 2nd April

Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of Missy Mazzoli's opera, which the company co-commissioned, has strong, dramatic, expressive music throughout, but the story lacks continuity.

**111

A light Marriage of Figaro makes the case for fun in Chicago

Graham Meyer, 9th November

Lyric Opera of Chicago revives its diverting and divisive 2015 original production by Barbara Gaines, who does it like a Shakespearean sex farce.

****1

Rigoletto cast dazzles in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season opener

Graham Meyer, 14th September

Through brilliant singing and layered acting, Javier Camarena, Mané Galoyan, and Igor Golovatenko drive a Rigoletto to warm a traditionalist's heart.

****1

Davidsen and Stemme anchor an extraordinary Jenůfa in Chicago

Cameron Kelsall, 12th November

Claus Guth's production foregrounds the regimented, repressive world that drives the plot of Janáček’s tragic masterpiece.

*****

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Graham Meyer

Graham is a Chicago-based arts and culture journalist, covering all forms of live performance, and specializing in classical music. His work has appeared extensively in Chicago magazine and Crain’s Chicago Business, as well as in The Chicago Tribune and at Chicago Classical Review. He has also covered dining and restaurants, winning a City and Regional Magazine Award for the restaurant newsletter Dish. Semi-professionally, he sings baritone in the choir Vox Venti, plays amateur piano, and composes music, especially choral. Apart from music, he constructs crossword puzzles and plays competitive bridge with his teenage daughter.