Chicago Opera Review: RIGOLETTO (Lyric Opera of Chicago)
RIGO-LENTO After a season chock full of successes, Lyric's momentum slows with a dull production of Verdi's Rigoletto. Not even Evan Rogister's expert conducting nor the orchestra's triumph …
RIGO-LENTO After a season chock full of successes, Lyric's momentum slows with a dull production of Verdi's Rigoletto. Not even Evan Rogister's expert conducting nor the orchestra's triumph …
PUPPET SHOW Ethan Lipton's Luther received rave reviews when it premiered in New York last June, yet it enjoyed only a brief run. So it makes sense that Steep Theater would want to try out t…
RELIABLE CROWD-PLEASER ONCE AGAIN, WELL, PLEASES THE CROWD Puccini's La Bohème has succeeded numerous times at Lyric Opera since its first performance in 1954, but their newest production i…
FIFTY SHADES PUREED The erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey has made millions, maybe billions, of dollars and counting, having set the record as the fastest-selling paperback of all time, surp…
D'ARCANGELO DONS A NEW LOOK After presenting a successful string of tragic operas this season, Lyric Opera flexes its comedic muscles with a charming production of Gaetano Donizetti's opera …
STAGNANT YET SATIATING Giuseppe Verdi wrote Simon Boccanegra in 1857, but it is the revised 1881 version which the Lyric Opera is presenting in a stiff yet satisfying production. Afte…
OPERA WITH A TASTE FOR BLOOD The word "opera" normally elicits memories of sound"an orchestra roiling, an aria peaking"but in an effort to innovate the public's preconceived notions of the a…
BLAND MEAT COOKED WELL IN THE SPITFIRE GRILL Boho Theatre's rendition of James Valcq and Fred Alley's simple musical The Spitfire Grill demonstrates the redemptive power of acceptance, forgi…
WRONG IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE, OR A TREK THROUGH PEDANTRY Middle-aged misogynist, pedant, and poet Henry Dennett has a chip on his shoulder and a worm in his gut"literally, a gigantic tapeworm…