by Dennis Polkow | September 11, 2025Lyric’s Sunday in the Park Gives Chicago Opera Fans a Taste of the Season to Come The season preview concert overlapped with Taste of Chicago, creating a sometimes amusing Ivesian auditory collision.
by Teddy Sandler | June 4, 2025Chicago Opera Theater’s “She Who Dared” Tells the Story of Pivotal Figures in Black Liberation
by Dennis Polkow | October 4, 2024Double Freedom from Tyranny: A Review of “Fidelio” at Lyric Opera and “Leonora” at Chicago Opera Theater
by Dennis Polkow | September 19, 2024An Embarrassment of Riches: A Review of “Rigoletto” at Lyric Opera
by Dennis Polkow | September 13, 2024Anthony’s Aria: The Curtain Falls on the Freud Era at Lyric Opera
by Dennis Polkow | March 13, 2024Going Out and Coming In with a Bang: A Review of “Aida” at Lyric Opera
by Dennis Polkow | February 23, 2024Kindling a Fire: A Review of “The Matchbox Magic Flute” at Goodman Theatre
