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    Nov 12, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Lyric Opera's 'Werther' staging sometimes off the rails, but singing is gloriously on track

    Jules Massenet's "Werther" is a staple of the European opera house repertory, but its Goethe-inspired protagonist remains an infrequent visitor to American shores. Despite the fact that the opera received its American premiere in Chicago, in 1894, Lyric Opera has ventured it only twice, the last time 34 years ago, when Alfredo Kraus reprised the super-stylish portrayal he introduced at the company premiere in 1971.
    Jules Massenet's "Werther" is a staple of the European opera house repertory, but its Goethe-inspired protagonist remains an infrequent visitor to American shores. Despite the fact that the opera received its American premiere in Chicago, in 1894, Lyric...

    Tags: French Literature, Arts and Culture, Poetry, Literature

    2. Jan 23, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Lyric Opera brings fresh approach to Puccini's 'La Boheme'

    Without fanfare, Lyric Opera has been systematically retiring elderly opera productions that have outlived their usefulness or have simply worn out with age. A prime candidate for junking was the 1972 Pier Luigi Pizzi production of Puccini's "La Boheme," a kind of corporate apartment house that has seen countless occupants, worthy and not so worthy, over the years. Recent revivals made that dingy and faded show no easier to live with.
    Without fanfare, Lyric Opera has been systematically retiring elderly opera productions that have outlived their usefulness or have simply worn out with age. A prime candidate for junking was the 1972 Pier Luigi Pizzi production of Puccini's "La Boheme,"...

    Tags: Entertainment, Music, Chicago Children's Choir, Poetry

    3. Jan 25, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Fleming, Graham charm Lyric audience with rare duo recital

    Lyric Opera patrons attending the duo recital by soprano Renee Fleming and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham Thursday night at the Civic Opera House probably did not expect they would be getting a guided tour of <em>belle epoque</em> Paris along with an exquisitely performed program of French songs.
    Lyric Opera patrons attending the duo recital by soprano Renee Fleming and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham Thursday night at the Civic Opera House probably did not expect they would be getting a guided tour of belle epoque Paris along with an exquisitely...

    Tags: Carnegie Hall, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Fine Artists, Artists

    4. Jun 3, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. 'The Second City Guide to the Opera' at the Lyric ★★★

    THEATER REVIEW: No Second City revue of the last 54 years has been held in more gorgeous surroundings ...
    No Second City revue of the last 54 years has been held in more gorgeous surroundings than "The Second City Guide to the Opera," a summer partnership between the famed comedy theater and the increasingly open-minded Lyric Opera of Chicago — that...

    Tags: Entertainment, Barack Obama, Poetry

    5. Mar 26, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Mariachi the heart and soul of Lyric's 'Cruzar'

    The combination of opera and mariachi is not as unlikely as one might think. Both art forms, in the view of Lyric Opera General Director Anthony Freud, tell human stories about love and loss, family and country. Beyond that, said Freud, &quot;mariachi is a unique, joyful, sorrowful cocktail that has the emotional immediacy of Puccini and a sound world as distinct as that of any great composer."
    The combination of opera and mariachi is not as unlikely as one might think. Both art forms, in the view of Lyric Opera General Director Anthony Freud, tell human stories about love and loss, family and country. Beyond that, said Freud, "mariachi is a...

    Tags: Immigration, Master Class (play), Entertainment Events, Music, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)

    6. Apr 8, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. 'To Cross the Face of the Moon': Lyric's fusion of opera, mariachi brings crowd to its feet ★★★ 1/2

    Nothing like the exuberant dazzle of mariachi to explode operatic stereotypes.
    Nothing like the exuberant dazzle of mariachi to explode operatic stereotypes. The shouts and cheers that went up from the sold-out audience Sunday afternoon at the Civic Opera House said it all. What was billed as the world's first mariachi opera...

    Tags: Entertainment, Music, Arts and Culture, Pilsen, Poetry

    7. May 10, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Lyric's passion must extend to musical theater

    In 2008, New York's Lincoln Center revived a Broadway warhorse: &quot;South Pacific." At the beginning of the overture in the Vivian Beaumont Theater, the lip of Michael Yeargan's setting, which had the outline of a tropical island, began to move backward, as waves ebb upon a shore. As it receded, hordes of musicians were revealed, all playing the glorious music of Richard Rodgers. You could see tears in people's eyes. As the Russian formalists used to put it, the familiar was made strange, and the strange made intensely familiar.
    In 2008, New York's Lincoln Center revived a Broadway warhorse: "South Pacific." At the beginning of the overture in the Vivian Beaumont Theater, the lip of Michael Yeargan's setting, which had the outline of a tropical island, began to move backward,...

    Tags: Palace Theater, Entertainment Events, Anna Leonowens, Music, Broadway Theater

    8. Jan 24, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. After a rough start, Andrew Lloyd Webber revue shines

    THEATER REVIEW: 'Now and Forever' at the Marriott Theatre &#9733;&#9733;&#9733; ... At the start - the rough start - of &quot;Now & Forever," the throbbing electronic tones of "The Phantom of the Opera" fill the theater as colored lights flash repetitively on a chandelier sitting on the stage.
    At the start — the rough start — of the Marriott Theatre's new revue of the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, entitled, with justification, "Now & Forever," the throbbing electronic tones of "The Phantom of the Opera" fill the theater as colored...

    Tags: Entertainment, Marriott Theatre, Les Miserables (musical), Music Industry, Music

    9. Feb 4, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. 'Sunset Boulevard' is where dreams go to fade

    THEATER REVIEW: Sunset Boulevard at Drury Lane Theatre &#9733;&#9733;&#189; ... Never the subtlest of mega-musicals, Andrew Lloyd Webber's &quot;Sunset Boulevard" at least comes with a resident cynic.
    Never the subtlest of mega-musicals, Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Sunset Boulevard" at least comes with a resident cynic. That would be Joe Gillis, the struggling writer from Dayton, Ohio, who gets trapped in the web of Norma Desmond, a faded Hollywood star who...

    Tags: Arts and Culture

    10. Apr 26, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. 'Oklahoma!' comes sweepin' into Lyric Opera

    If ever a musical theater work deserved its exclamation point, it's &ldquo;Oklahoma!&rdquo;
    If ever a musical theater work deserved its exclamation point, it's “Oklahoma!” Breathes there a man or woman of a certain age who hasn't at one time or another succumbed to the nostalgic charms of this classic American show, whose spirit...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Music, Concerts, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Arts and Culture

    11. Mar 5, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Opera superstar Anna Netrebko is conquering the world, theater by theater

    Anna Netrebko seems genuinely unfazed by the stardom that has made her a charismatic figure to hundreds of thousands of opera lovers worldwide, not to mention even greater numbers of ordinary folks who devour articles about her in the popular press and no doubt care more about her taste for shopping and high-end fashion than her high C's. She's her generation's answer to Luciano Pavarotti, an impresario's dream come true.
    Anna Netrebko seems genuinely unfazed by the stardom that has made her a charismatic figure to hundreds of thousands of opera lovers worldwide, not to mention even greater numbers of ordinary folks who devour articles about her in the popular press and no...

    Tags: Entertainment, Russia, Music, Arts and Culture, England

    12. Mar 15, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. The 'other' Barenboim returns in triumph with CSO

    The musical logic behind the program presented by Chicago Symphony Orchestra this weekend at Symphony Center seems clear enough.
    The musical logic behind the program presented by Chicago Symphony Orchestra this weekend at Symphony Center seems clear enough. Pierre Boulez, the originally scheduled conductor, set out to trace the evolution of the German-Austrian tradition from...

    Tags: Theater, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Michigan Avenue, Culture

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