Nicholas Phan, Amanda Majeski, Rihab Chaieb, Olivia Boen, Travon D. Walker Headline Art Song Chicago’s 2026-27 Season

Art Song Chicago has unveiled its 16th season. The 2026 Collaborative Works Festival: “Songs of the Earth” opens with “The Secret Garden,” featuring works by Schubert, Brahms, Rachmaninov, Margaret Bonds, and Harry Burleigh. Performance Date: Sept. 23, 2026 The festival concludes with “Gods of the Earth,” featuring the Midwest premiere of Vivian Fung’s “Lamenting Earth” for tenor, piano, and string quartet, {…}

Apr 9, 2026

Sondra Radvanovsky, Leah Hawkins, Christian Van Horn, Gabriella Reyes, Federica Lombardi, Erin Morley Headline Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2026-27 Season

The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced its 2026-27 season. Christian Van Horn and Kyle Ketelsen lead Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Mané Galoyan, Nina Solodovnikova, Lawrence Brownlee, Tommaso Barea, Anna El-Khashem, Christopher Humbert, Jr., and David Leigh. Enrique Mazzola conducts the production by Robert Falls. Performance Dates: Oct. 10-Nov. 1, 2026 Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’s “Omar” will star Issachah {…}

Oct 28, 2024

Lyric Opera of Chicago Presents Special Events for ‘Blue’ Premiere

(Photo credit: Clärchen & Matthias Baus/Dutch National Opera) Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s “Blue” makes its Lyric Opera of Chicago premiere from Nov. 16 to Dec. 1. The company has announced special events to take place in conjunction with the opera. Lyric Unlimited, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Learning and Civic Engagement department, invites the public into spaces of reflection, healing, {…}