The real-life phenomenon, which is still unexplained, inspires a new opera at Lyric Opera of Chicago from March 30 to April 11: “The Listeners,” by composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce ...

In 1995, the Smashing Pumpkins took the music world by storm with their ambitious double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Nearly 30 years later, Billy Corgan says he was at a production ...

“The Listeners,” the wild new opera with music by Missy Mazzoli and a libretto by Royce Varek, begins with a coyote dancing across the stage of Chicago’s Lyric Opera and proceeds thereafter ...

The Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra on Sunday teamed up with Ukrainian musicians for a worthy cause. Hundreds gathered Sunday afternoon at St. Nicholas Cathedral, at 835 N. Oakley Blvd. in the ...

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.