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Venue: Lyric Opera House, Chicago

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AddressChicago
IL IL60606
United States
Google maps41° 52' 57.239" N 87° 38' 14.747" W
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ChicagoVoice of Nature: The Anthropocene

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Renée Fleming, Soprano

ChicagoEugene OneginWorld premiere

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Demutsky: Eugene Onegin
Yuri Possokhov; Joffrey Ballet; Tom Pye; Tim Yip; Jim French
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Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera brings Spanish to the Lyric Opera

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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
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Sir David McVicar’s psychologically driven Salome arrives in Chicago

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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
****1
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Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners takes its Chicago bow

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

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Lyric Opera of Chicago revives its diverting and divisive 2015 original production by Barbara Gaines, who does it like a Shakespearean sex farce. 
****1
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Rigoletto cast dazzles in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season opener

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Through brilliant singing and layered acting, Javier Camarena, Mané Galoyan, and Igor Golovatenko drive a Rigoletto to warm a traditionalist's heart. 
****1
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Davidsen and Stemme anchor an extraordinary Jenůfa in Chicago

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Claus Guth's production foregrounds the regimented, repressive world that drives the plot of Janáček’s tragic masterpiece.
*****
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A vibrant, urgent Ariodante at Lyric Opera of Chicago

A revival of Richard Jones’ production of Handel’s emotionally probing opera. 
*****
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Elektra: Great success for Nina Stemme’s Lyric Opera debut

The Lyric revives Sir David McVicar’s production of Strauss’ horrific tale with a superb cast led by Swedish “helden-soprano” Nina Stemme.

****1
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