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A Hero's Tale

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Reviewed at Lyric Opera House, Chicago on 13 March 2011
Handel, Hercules
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Harry Bicket, Conductor
Peter Sellars, Director
Alice Coote, Dejanira
Eric Owens, Hercules
Lucy Crowe, Iole
Richard Croft, Hyllus
David Daniels, Lichas
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera brings Spanish to the Lyric Opera
****1
Sir David McVicar’s psychologically driven Salome arrives in Chicago
****1
Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners takes its Chicago bow
**111
A light Marriage of Figaro makes the case for fun in Chicago
****1
Rigoletto cast dazzles in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season opener
****1
Davidsen and Stemme anchor an extraordinary Jenůfa in Chicago
*****
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