Lyric Opera of Chicago has received a $25 million donation from longtime supporter and board member Penelope Steiner. The ...

The opera by composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek follows a schoolteacher who is plagued by a sound called “the ...

The English-language opera will receive its fourth production worldwide and second in the United States when Lyric Opera of ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago has revealed the company’s 2025/26 Season, its first complete season featuring Medea, Salome and more.

While not an opera, this concert will showcase the Lyric’s stellar orchestra and chorus in a program of “masterworks by ...

Production maximizes power of Puccini's music and drama — filling out characters, heightening emotions, enhancing humor and ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025-26 season will include five productions that first appeared elsewhere and one revival, all picked by the previous general director, Anthony Freud. The ...

The leadership of Lyric Opera of Chicago has received a transformational gift from longtime supporter and Vice Chair of its Board of Directors Penelope Steiner. Learn more.

Billy Corgan is teaming with the Lyric Opera to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Smashing Pumpkins’ epic double LP ...

Smashing Pumpkins perform onstage at the Double Door, Chicago, Illinois, March 5, 1995. Pictured are, from left, D'Arcy ...

The new work — about a middle-aged schoolteacher ensnared in a cult — premieres this week at the Lyric Opera. Hyde Park ...