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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Love, laughter, and games of the heart: What you need to know about Mozart's Così fan tutte
Lyric Opera of Chicago presents Mozart’s beloved masterpiece Così fan tutte, on stage February 1–15, 2026. This glamorous rom-com returns to Lyric in a sun-soaked 1930s-era seaside country club setting, where two officers — convinced all women are fickle in love — hatch a plan to switch places and woo each other’s fiancées in disguise.
Monday, November 17, 2025
FIRST LOOK: Carmina Burana
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Fortune’s wheel turned at Lyric Opera of Chicago on Friday, November 14, as Carl Orff’s choral masterpiece Carmina Burana thundered into its 2025/26 Season run.
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Thursday, November 13, 2025
Decadence, desire, and deadly obsession: What you need to know about Richard Strauss's Salome
Lyric Opera of Chicago presents Richard Strauss’s explosive masterpiece Salome, on stage January 25 – February 14, 2026. This gory operatic thrill ride returns to Lyric for the first time in 20 years, bringing Oscar Wilde’s scandalous tale of obsession and depravity to blazing life in one of opera’s most shocking and musically daring works.
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