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Elektra opens Lyric Opera of Chicago's new season with a shriek

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Reviewed at Lyric Opera House, Chicago on 13 October 2012
Strauss R., Elektra
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Christine Goerke, Elektra
Emily Magee, Chrysothemis
Jill Grove, Klytaemnestra
Alan Held, Orest
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
Sir David McVicar, Director
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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