by Ted C. Fishman | February 25, 2026Kurt Weill’s “Der Silbersee” Gets Its Chicago Premiere Nearly a Century Later Chicago Opera Theater is staging the opera that premiered in Germany in 1933 before being banned by the Nazi party.
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 | February 23, 2024Kindling a Fire: A Review of “The Matchbox Magic Flute” at Goodman Theatre
by Dennis Polkow | March 24, 2023Transformation and Transfiguration: A Review of The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing at Chicago Opera Theater
by Dennis Polkow | January 20, 2023A Second Company’s Saga: The Spirited Story of Fifty Years of Chicago Opera Theater
by Dennis Polkow | April 27, 2022Forgetting to Ask for Directions: A Review of Quamino’s Map at Chicago Opera Theater
by Dennis Polkow | December 15, 2021Through the Holiday Looking-Glass: A Review of “Becoming Santa Claus” at Chicago Opera Theater
by Kevin Greene | December 30, 2017Newcity’s Top 5 of Everything 2017: Stage Theater, Opera and Comedy
by Danielle Levsky | November 9, 2017Dogged and Determined: A Review of The Consul at Chicago Opera Theater
