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)

Par Graham Meyer, 26 janvier 2026

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

Critique faite à Lyric Opera House, Chicago, le 25 janvier 2026

Strauss R., Salomé

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Tomáš Netopil, Direction

Sir David McVicar, Mise en scène

Es Devlin, Décors, Costumes

Wolfgang Göbbel, Lumières

Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra

Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus

Julia Burbach, Mise en scène

59 Productions, Vidéaste

Jennifer Holloway, Salomé

Nicholas Brownlee, Jochanaan

Alexander Boyer, Hérode Antipas

Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Hérodias

Ryan Capozzo, Narraboth

Catherine Martin, le page de Hérodias

Andrew George, Chorégraphie

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.

*****

A vibrant, urgent Ariodante at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Katherine Syer, 2nd March

A revival of Richard Jones’ production of Handel’s emotionally probing opera.

*****

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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.