Call it the latest chilling example of art imitating life, and life imitating art. And then imagine the frayed nerves of the artists who, barely a day after the terrorist attacks in Paris, arrived at a rehearsal for "Bel Canto," the Lyric Opera's world premiere production by composer Jimmy Lopez and librettist Nilo Cruz. The post Lyric Opera’s new ‘Bel Canto’ tests the power of music in a besieged w…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:08PM on December 1, 2015