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Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera brings Spanish to the Lyric Opera

Ana María Martínez (Catrina) and ensemble © Cory Weaver
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.

Sir David McVicar’s psychologically driven Salome arrives in Chicago

Alex Boyer (Herod) and Jennifer Holloway (Salome) © Kyle Flubacker
Revived at Lyric Opera of Chicago, the notorious opera director’s take stirs sympathy for Salome, but leans on some of his theatrical hobby-horses

Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners takes its Chicago bow

Nicole Heaston (Claire) © Cory Weaver | Lyric Opera of Chicago
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. 

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

Peter Kellner (Fiagro) and Ying Fang (Susanna) © Liz Lauren
Lyric Opera of Chicago revives its diverting and divisive 2015 original production by Barbara Gaines, who does it like a Shakespearean sex farce. 

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

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

Davidsen and Stemme anchor an extraordinary Jenůfa in Chicago

Lise Davidsen (Jenůfa) and Nina Stemme (Kostelnička) © Michael Brosilow
Claus Guth's production foregrounds the regimented, repressive world that drives the plot of Janáček’s tragic masterpiece.