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The Second City Guide to the Opera
Anthony Freud and Kelly Leonard This week, Lyric Opera of Chicago unveiled a new partnership with legendary comedy troupe The Second City. According to General Director Anthony Freud, it all began...
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On Saturday night, Lyric Opera turned the spotlight back on itself, lampooning the rarified world of…well…opera. If you missed the show, here’s one skit in which Patrick Stewart plays a retiring store...
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WFMT’s Lyric Opera Weekend
In February of 1954, Lyric Opera founders Carol Fox, Nicola Rescigno, and Lawrence Kelly launched their first production, hoping it would inspire opera lovers to step forward and offer financial and...
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Lyric Opera Timeline: the First 60 Years
In 1952, a student singer named Carol Fox chatted with her vocal coach, Nicola Rescigno, and insurance man Lawrence Kelly about ways to sustain an opera company in Chicago – a series of previous...
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Director Mike Nichols and WFMT
Mike Nichols (born November 6, 1931; died November 19, 2014) Today the world is remembering the life and work of writer and director Mike Nichols who died suddenly on Wednesday at the age of 83. In a...
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