An inspirational kids’ show and a not-be-missed Lyric Opera production are among this week’s best bets.
Tag: Chicago Opera Theater
Posted inMusic
The themes of Gian Carlo Menotti’s 1949 opera The Consul still resonate today
It’s hard to think of an opera more timely for 2017 than The Consul, which was first performed in 1950. Composer and librettist Gian Carlo Menotti’s expressive meld of words and music—both lyrical and dissonant—tells the story of a family trapped by an unresponsive bureaucracy as they desperately try to escape a nameless “large European […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Tango 21 brings the real tango, without the rose between the teeth
The company and its offshoot Tango 21 Dance Theater preserve the Argentine form.
Posted inArts & Culture
Aladdin, Marry Me a Little, and ten more stage shows to see now
A top-notch touring Broadway show and an intimate Sondheim concept revue are among this week’s notable new productions.
Posted inMusic
Philip Glass’s score for the opera The Perfect American might be his crowning achievement within the form
Philip Glass’s 2013 opera about Walt Disney is based on a 2001 novel by Peter Stephan Jungk. Focused on the last three months of Disney’s life, The Perfect American imagines what might have passed through the mind of the flawed visionary as he lay in the hospital dying, including outlandish visits with Andy Warhol and […]
Posted inArts & Culture
The Invention of Morel, Monster, and 13 more new stage shows
A world-premiere opera by Stewart Copeland and a Steppenwolf for Young Adults production are among this week’s best bets.
Posted inMusic
The Invention of Morel is the invention of legendary rock drummer Stewart Copeland
Chicago Opera Theater cocommissioned this new opera by prolific composer Stewart Copeland, best known as cofounder and drummer of genre-bending rock band the Police. Based on the 1940 science-fiction novel La Invención de Morel, by Argentinian writer Adolfo Bioy Casares, it’s the mysterious story of a fugitive who takes refuge on a remote island only […]
Posted inBlogs
Opera news: Mitisek out at COT, Jesus in at Lyric
Chicago Opera Theater announces the departure of artistic director Andreas Mitisek; Lyric Opera announces a season that’ll include Jesus Christ Superstar and Fellow Travelers.
Posted inArts & Culture
Fun Home, Betrayal, Graeme of Thrones, and 12 more new theater reviews
The Broadway musical based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel and a Pinter classic are among this week’s best bets.
Posted inBlogs
At Lyric Opera and COT: a pair of Mozart operas
At Lyric Opera and Chicago Opera Theater, dueling Mozart operas.
Posted inBlogs
Chicago Opera Theater’s Thérèse Raquin is pretty grim—simulated cunnilingus and all
Like a lot of contemporary opera, Tobias Picker’s Thérèse Raquin is vocally challenged.
Posted inBlogs
Spike Lee drinks Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Posted inBlogs
Tonight: COT’s heated, in-your-face Macbeth
There’s a big role for video in Chicago Opera Theater’s heated production of Ernest Bloch’s Macbeth.
Posted inBlogs
Looking for real activist art? Try this opera
Chicago Opera Theater’s The Emperor of Atlantis is real activist art.
Posted inBlogs
Chicago Opera Theater’s two-opera/one-film weekend
Chicago Opera Theater is fleshing out its double bill of Ullmann and Orff with Chaplin.