Deeply committed Verdi fans ought to get themselves to Lyric Opera’s first ever production of Don Carlos, the four-hour, five-act, 1867 French language version of the shorter Verdi opera they already know as the Italian language Don Carlo. This love vs. duty tale of historical fiction, loosely drawn from the life of a 16th-century Spanish […]
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A hip-hop Barber of Seville comes to three city parks
A hip-hop Barber of Seville comes to three city parks, the Logan Boulevard Skate Park hosts a benefit show for Between Friends, and more.
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The CSO and the Joffrey, together at last!
But a program of Stravinsky, Ravel, and Rossini at Symphony Center shows neither to its best advantage.
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Lyric Opera’s Cinderella is a ball
Everything works in Lyric Opera’s terrific production of Rossini’s Cinderella.
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Stars of Lyric Opera offered shivers, bright lights, and a taste of a promising season
The weather chilled and the lights blinded, but Lyric Opera’s program in Millennium Park suggested good things to come.