Skip to content

Lyric Opera Homepage

Calendar
Login
Cart
Donate

- Calendar
- Upcoming
- Tickets
- Your visit

Calendar
Login
Cart
Donate

Search

Search Term

Lyric Lately
Give the Gift of Lyric this Holiday Season

April 17, 2019

Give the Gift of Lyric this Holiday Season

Posted 12/21/2017

Lyric Lately

Lyric Lately
Spotlight on Brian Stokes Mitchell and Laura Benanti
Keep opera alive over the summer
The Carol Fox Award: Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future
Director's note: Matthew Ozawa on "Madama Butterfly"
Postcards from Enrique: Tokyo
Terrific trios from Lyric's 2025/26 Season
Reading the 2025/26 Season
A Grand Finale: Beyond the Years
Spotlight on Russell Thomas
Musical highlights of the 2024/25 Season
Renée Fleming Artist Spotlight
Sondra Radvanovsky on the thrills of Medea
Spotlight on Matthew Polenzani
Billy Corgan and Lyric Opera of Chicago: A Visionary Collaboration
50 Years of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center
Pagliacci in pop culture
From Ensemble to alumni
Conductor Conversation: Jordan de Souza on Puccini's "La Bohème"
Welcome to Our House
Conductor Conversation: Enrique Mazzola on The Listeners
A Wondrous Sound: Q&A with Michael Black
Moon Over Paris
A Stellar Mix
An inside look at "The Listeners"
Longing to Belong
Q&A with Pene Pati
Get to know: Puccini’s “La Bohème”
True Colors: Women and la vie bohème
Creator Conversations: Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek on "The Listeners"
Feast on Opera
Sondra Radvanovsky's Puccini Picks
People of Lyric: Michael Black
Spotlight on Ailyn Pérez
A New Chapter for Lyric: "Singin' in the Rain" with Live Orchestra
Creator's note: Dream Variations — Nina, Lena, and Tina
Longtime love: Sondra Radvanovsky on Puccini
Get to Know Missy Mazzoli
Spotlight on Sondra Radvanovsky
Conducting Singin'
Tangible Improvements
Makin' a Splash: Singin' in the Rain Secrets
Q&A with Kayleigh Decker
Conductor conversations: Joseph Young
Composer conversation: Jeanine Tesori on Blue
Staging Justice
Director's note: Blue
The Marriage of Figaro: Craziness, Reciprocity, Love
Get to know: Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
Finding friends in Figaro
November Lyric events
In the house: Karen Slack
Director's note: The Marriage of Figaro
Q&A with Soloman Howard
Figaro's Greatest Hits
Talent Central
Beethoven’s Fidelio: Reaching Toward the Light
A conversation with John Mangum
Igor Golovatenko returns
Director's note: RIGOLETTO
Rigolettos at Lyric
Exploring Rigoletto and Fidelio
Q&A with Kenneth Kellogg
Tenor Javier Camarena makes his Lyric debut in Rigoletto
Welcome Mané Galoyan, dazzling Armenian soprano
Director's note: Fidelio
Opera on Broadway: La Bohème vs. Rent
Get to know: Verdi's Rigoletto
Get to know: Beethoven's Fidelio
Explore Chicago with Enrique Mazzola
Ultimate checklist for a perfect summer concert
Q&A with Gabriella Reyes
Patti LuPone - Greatest Hits
Get to know: Mazzoli/Vavrek's THE LISTENERS
Get to know: Tesori/Thompson's BLUE
High notes and head-scratchers: puzzles for Lyric's 2024/25 Season
Looking back: Lyric during the Anthony Freud years
Lyric Unlimited Student Programming in the 2023/24 Season
A Center of Excellence
Just super
Rising stars say farewell
The dueling divas of Aida
Female leadership in the arts
Inside the 2024/25 Season
Requiem Program Notes
Aida: war, enemy of love
The cast and characters of Aida
AIDA, the chamber opera
A Potent Blend
Cinderella: A tale across time
Get to know: Verdi's AIDA
Lyric Music & More: January 10
Spotlight on Joshua Hopkins
Taking a solo
Making a man
First the music
Lyric Family Favorites: December 16
Spotlight on Whitney Morrison
Get to know: Blanchard's CHAMPION
Get to know: Rossini's CINDERELLA
Class in session
Versatile voices
Leading the charge: a Q&A with conductor Speranza Scappucci
Lyric Family Favorites: November 17
Lyric Music & More: December 5
Lyric Music & More: November 8
Donizetti’s conquest
En pointe in Chicago: Maria Tallchief's Lyric legacy
Divas ablaze
Q&A with Jakub Hrůša
Lyric Family Favorites: October 20
Lyric Music & More: October 3
Get to know: Donizetti's The Daughter of the Regiment
Lyric Libations: The Flying Dutchman
Dutchman diaries
Get to know the cast and characters of Jenůfa
Lyric Family Favorites: September 15
Audra McDonald Q&A
Lyric Music & More: September 6
Get to know Audra McDonald
Let's hear it!
Spotlight on Alessandro Corbelli
Lyric Family Favorites: August 25
Enrique Mazzola's season of firsts
Director's note: The Flying Dutchman
A tale with sea legs
Lyric Music & More: August 8
Get to know: Wagner's The Flying Dutchman
Lyric Family Favorites: July 28
Marvelous Maestri of the 2023/24 Season
Lyric Music & More: July 11
Friendly rivals
The great American musical at Lyric
Lyric Music & More: June 8
Lyric Family Favorites: May 26
Flights of fancy and soaring melodies
West Side Story director's note
Opera's worst mothers
Ryan Opera Center's Bittersweet Send-Off
Introducing the leads of West Side Story at Lyric!
Lyric Music & More: May 4
A pop culture phenomenon
Lyric Family Favorites: April 21
Hot and cool: The creation of West Side Story
Lots to love
Lyric Music & More: April 6
Get to know: The Scorpions' Sting
Lyric Family Favorites: March 17
Lyric Libations: Carmen
Notes on Night
Notes on The Walkers
Notes on Four Portraits
Lyric Music & More: March 7
Proximity Director's Note
Speaking of the present
Carmen’s freedom
Lyric Family Favorites: February 24
This or That with Will Liverman
Q&A with Maestro Henrik Nánási
Lyric Music & More: February 7
The baddest shop in town
A vision of hope
Expanding the tradition
Lyric Family Favorites: January 27
A vintage year
The Factotum inspiration playlist
Q&A with Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj
Q&A with Jill Grove
Lyric Music & More: January 10
Director's note: Eric Einhorn on Hansel and Gretel
Another world
Q&A with Matthew Ozawa
Lyric Family Favorites: December 16
Holiday gift guide
Let it snow
Lyric Music & More: December 8
Rachel Willis-Sørensen on becoming a Verdi heroine
Get to know: Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel
Get to know: Bizet's Carmen
Lyric Family Favorites: November 18
Lyric Libations: Le Comte Ory
Seriously funny
Lyric Music & More: November 1
On the road again
Don Carlos: Liberty or the Inquisition?
Lyric Family Favorites: October 21
Lyric 101: What to Wear to the Opera
Get to know: Verdi's Don Carlos
Get to know: Rossini's Le Comte Ory
Kevin Puts on The Brightness of Light
Lyric Music & More: October 6
Lyric Family Favorites: September 23
Lyric Libations: ERNANI
Speaking of Ernani
Director's note: Louisa Muller
Get to know: Fiddler on the Roof
Lyric Music & More: September 7
Get to know: The Brightness of Light
Catching up with Enrique
Get to know: Verdi's Ernani
Opera Besties: Christian Van Horn and Quinn Kelsey
A powerful partnership with Chicago Urban League
Lyric Family Favorites: August 19
Taking Lyric to the next level
Designing Ernani
Making it personal
Beyond the stage
Lyric Music & More: August 2
Music and memories in the park
Lyric Family Favorites: July 22
EmpowerYouth! comes full circle
Lyric Music & More: July 12
Meet the cast of Fiddler on the Roof
Now Playing: Daniel Bernard Roumain
Lyric Family Favorites: June 24
Lyric Music & More: June 14
Moving moments of the 2021/22 Season
Lyric Family Favorites: May 20
Lyric Music & More: May 11
People of Lyric: Donald Lee III
Masterful maestri of the 2021/22 Season
A look at the wigs, wardrobe, and sets of The Magic Victrola
Lyric Family Favorites: April 15
Get ready for The Magic Victrola!
Talking with Tosca
A season of memories
Lyric Music & More: April 5
Ode to the Maestro
Lyric Family Favorites: March 18
Blaze of Glory
Seeing Ourselves
Five years of EmpowerYouth!
The making of Tosca
Burning with curiosity
Lyric Music & More: March 1
World Premieres and Tradition
Finding New Layers
Lyric Family Favorites: February 18
Spotlight on Louisa Muller
Lyric Music & More: February 8
A timely story of struggle comes to life at Lyric
Lyric Family Favorites: January 28
Lyric Music & More: January 11
Lyric Family Favorites: December 17
Lyric Music & More: December 7
Opera of our times
Holiday Lyric Libations
Lyric Family Favorites: November 23
Q&A with conductor Karen Kamensek
Q&A with soprano Ana María Martínez
How do standbys and understudies work in opera?
Lyric Libations: THE MAGIC FLUTE
Spotlight on Raymond Aceto
Magical Journey
Lyric Music & More: November 3
The musical thrills of Florencia en el Amazonas
Spotlight on Francesca Zambello
Lyric Family Favorites: October 22
How can I understand opera sung in a foreign language?
What is the difference between an opera and a musical?
Kosky and 1927’s Magic Flute
Lyric Music & More: October 6
A magical evening spent under the stars
The perfect 'Elixir' to beat the blues
Lyric Libations: Macbeth
Lyric Family Favorites: September 24
At the theater
Pure pleasure
Director's note: Daniel Slater answers questions about The Elixir of Love
A cloistered Macbeth
A new era at Lyric Opera of Chicago: An interview with new Music Director Enrique Mazzola
Lyric Music & More: September 7
The making of Pagliacci
Enrique's Elixirs
Get to Know: Verdi's Macbeth
Lyric Family Favorites: August 20
Behind the scenes of Pagliacci
Stepping back onto the Lyric podium
Get to know: Missy Mazzoli's Proving Up
Lyric Music & More: August 4
Get to know: Mozart’s The Magic Flute
Lyric Family Favorites: July 23
Get to know: Donizetti's The Elixir of Love
Get to know: Puccini's Tosca
Spotlight on Charles Castronovo
Lyric Music & More: July 6
Hail to the Scotsmen
Making their mark
Lyric Music & More: June 29
Spotlight on Lucas Meachem
A long journey: Celebrating LGBTQIA+ characters in opera
Lyric Family Favorites: June 25
Lyric Music & More: June 22
Meet the cast of The Magic Flute
Matthew Ozawa on Hansel & Gretel in the Park
Lyric Family Favorites: June 18
Lyric Music & More: June 15
Things You Might Not Know About Twilight: Gods
The future is bright with our EmpowerYouth! students in it!
A sweet escape: An up-close look at Hansel & Gretel in the Park
Lyric Family Favorites: June 11
A new generation of performing arts leaders
What are you looking forward to in Lyric's 2021/22 Season?
Lyric Music & More: June 8
Lyric Family Favorites: June 4
Spotlight on Janai Brugger
History of the Civic Theatre
Rusalka and Her Journey
Lyric Music & More: June 1
The actors and dancers of Twilight: Gods
The New Classics in photos
Lyric Family Favorites: May 28
Lyric Music & More: May 25
Lyric Family Favorites: May 21
Russell Thomas on Verdi
Sir Andrew Davis and Peter Sagal in conversation
Lyric is an opera community for all
Lyric Music & More: May 18
Pasión Latina artist interviews
Scott Marr on Hansel and Gretel
Lyric Family Favorites: May 14
Celebrating Sir Andrew Davis: memories and tributes
The sound of today
Spotlight on Kyle Ketelsen
What makes a classic?
Behind the Scenes: Celebrating Sir Andrew Davis
How your support sparked Lyric's creativity
Lyric Music & More: May 11
Spotlight on David Chase
Sir Andrew Davis Playlist
Spotlight on Amanda Majeski
Lyric Family Favorites: May 7
The gold standard: Highlights of Sir Andrew Davis's magnificent tenure at Lyric
Valhalla in photos: a journey through Twilight: Gods
Lyric Music & More: May 4
Week of May 3: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Family Favorites: April 30
Behind the Rossini Sonatas
Lyric Music & More: April 27
Airing out Wagner’s Götterdämmerung: Wagner in the Age of Coronavirus
Lyric Family Favorites: April 23
Richard Wagner and the journey of the RING
Week of April 26: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Music & More: April 20
Celebrating Lyric's Rising Stars
Wait…this opera’s in a parking garage?
Behind the scenes of Rising Stars
The genius of Giuseppe Verdi’s lesser known gems
Lyric Family Favorites: April 16
Week of April 19: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Ride of the Spectators: Out of the Opera House and Into the Car
Spotlight on Nicole Cabell
Hey! You're on! Lyric's last-minute cast changes
Lyric Family Favorites: April 9
Spotlight on Quinn Kelsey
Broadway musicals on an epic scale
Attila: Opera vs. History
Week of April 12: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Spotlight on Christine Goerke
Lyric Music & More: April 13
Lyric Music & More: April 6
Lyric Family Favorites: April 2
Week of April 5: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Spotlight on Tamara Wilson
Christine Goerke on singing the Ring
Lyric Music & More: March 30
Adapting Attila: Highlights in Concert
Maestro Mazzola on the move
Lyric Family Favorites: March 26
Beauty and Power: The thrills of Early Verdi
Week of March 29: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Meet the cast of The New Classics
Lyric Music & More: March 23
Rossini's greatest hits
Lyric Family Favorites: March 19
A Talk with the Director: Tim Albery spoke with Lyric’s dramaturg, Roger Pines
Attila Concert in Photos
Politics in Opera
Lyric Music & More: March 16
Jewel of Chicago: All About the Lyric Opera House
Time, love & madness: The Moon in classical music
Week of March 22: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
A Tug at the Heart
Behind the scenes of the Ryan Opera Center gala
Lyric Family Favorites: March 12
Spring is in bloom on Zoom
Week of March 15: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
De-myth-ifiying Rossini
Happy go lucky
Spotlight on Christian Van Horn
Lyric Music & More: March 9
A talk with conductor Eun Sun Kim
Women of Lyric: 20th-century legends of Lyric's stage
New programming added to Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2020/21 Season
Spotlight on avery r. young
Lyric Family Favorites: March 5
Rossini Sonata Sessions: A photo preview
Week of March 8: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Music & More: March 2
SOLE E AMORE: The Ryan Opera Center’s Voyage of Discovery – Part 2
Spotlight on Yuval Sharon
Lyric Family Favorites: February 26
Opera Staycations
Week of March 1: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Music & More: February 23
Lyric Family Favorites: February 19
Lyric Libations: SOLE E AMORE
SOLE E AMORE: The Ryan Opera Center’s Voyage of Discovery – Part 1
Week of February 22: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Music & More: February 16
Lights, Camera, Action! Maestro Mazzola's vision for Sole e Amore
Lyric Family Favorites: February 12
Lyric love stories
Week of February 15: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Emily in Wonderland
Lyric Music & More: February 9
Sharing the Love
Lyric Family Favorites: February 5
Happily Ever Opera
Lyric Music & More: February 2
Week of February 8: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Creating the Factotum: A preview through photos
Lyric Family Favorites: January 29
Operatic resolutions for a drama-free year
Week of February 1: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Spotlight on Craig Terry
Lyric Music & More: January 26
Lyric Family Favorites: January 22
Which opera character am I?
Week of January 25: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Music & More: January 19
Lyric Family Favorites: January 15
Lyric Music & More: January 12
Week of January 18: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Family Favorites: January 8
Lyric Music & More: January 5
Week of January 11: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Music & More: December 29
Lyric Music & More: December 22
Lyric Family Favorites: December 18
Lyric favorites: Holiday treats
Lyric Music & More: December 15
Week of December 21: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Family Favorites: December 11
Week of December 28: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Week of January 4: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Aproveche al máximo su experiencia de transmisión
Meet The Factotum Team: Will Liverman and DJ King Rico
Holidays with Maestro Mazzola
Lyric Music & More: December 8
Week of December 14: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Family Favorites: December 4
A Conversation with Ana María Martínez and David Portillo
Lyric Music & More: December 1
Week of December 7: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Music & More: November 24
Lyric Family Favorites: November 20
Lyric Music & More: November 17
Get to Know: Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Sir Andrew Davis and The Marriage of Figaro: A Perfect Match
Which Lyric digital experience is right for you?
Holiday Zoom Backgrounds
Spotlight on Ana María Martínez
Rossini: composing the perfect meal
Share the beauty of music on #GivingTuesday
What's Happening at Lyric This Fall
Your seat awaits
Opera Has Made It To TikTok
Spotlight on EmpowerYouth! mentors
Give opera's regard to Broadway
What is a Master Class?
Week of November 30: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Week of November 23: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Week of November 16: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Family Favorites: November 13
Lyric Music & More: November 10
Week of November 9: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Family Favorites: November 6
Lyric Music & More: November 3
Get to Know: Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas
Week of November 2: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Family Favorites: October 30
A look at Master Classes with Sir Andrew Davis
Lyric Music & More: October 27
Operatic chills and thrills
Week of October 26: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Family Favorites: October 23
Highlights planned for the 2021|22 Season
Lyric Music & More: October 20
Spotlight on Lawrence Brownlee
Lyric Family Favorites: October 16
Lyric Music & More: October 13
Week of October 19: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Spot Maestro Mazzola
Lyric Family Favorites: October 9
Fall Zoom Backgrounds
Week of October 12: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Music & More: October 6
Week of October 5: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Family Favorites: October 2
Lyric Music & More: September 29
Lyric Family Favorites: September 25
Week of September 28: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Opera of Chicago announces reimagined season programs
Lyric Music & More: September 22
Remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
J'Nai Bridges in Conversation: For the Love of Lyric
Lyric Family Favorites: September 18
Week of September 21: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Music & More: September 15
Week of September 14: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
Lyric Family Favorites: September 11
From "Ryan Opera Center From Home" to "Ryan Opera Center At Work"
From the Opera House to the writing room: Carson's Lyric Story
Lyric Libations: For the Love of Lyric
Lyric Music & More: September 8
Lyric Family Favorites: September 4
Week of September 7: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more
How to watch For the Love of Lyric as a family
Lyric Music & More: September 1
The Ryan Opera Center returns to the airwaves!
Lyric Family Favorites: August 28
Virtual activities for kids!
Week of August 31: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more!
How opera can change your life
Lyric Music & More: August 26
Trailblazing women who made Lyric history
Lyric Family Favorites: August 21
Week of August 24: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more!
Lyric Music & More: August 18
Pets of Lyric: Act II
Lyric Family Favorites: August 14
The Making of Lawrence Brownlee and Friends: The Next Chapter
Week of August 17: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more!
Lyric Music & More: August 11
The thrill of the new
Lyric Family Favorites: August 7
Meet our teaching artists!
Lyric Libations: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
Week of August 10: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more!
Lyric Music & More: August 5
A new opening to the 2020/21 Season
Lyric Welcomes The Joffrey to the Opera House
Lyric Family Favorites: July 31
Classical music for sleep
Streaming guide
Week of August 3: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more!
Week 20: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more!
Ryan Opera Center in Conversation: Lunga's Journey
How Opera Can Change a Life: Sophia's Lyric Story
“Je crois entendre encore” - The Pearl Fishers
Week 19: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more!
Lyric Family Favorites: July 17
Emoji Opera Titles
Virtual concerts for hospital patients
Lyric Music & More: July 14
Week 18: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more!
Broadway Musical Quiz
Broadway Zoom Backgrounds
"Una Voce Poco Fa" - The Barber of Seville
Lawrence Brownlee and Friends: A virtual event on July 26
The Joys of The Sound of Music
Lyric’s Broadway Hits…A Growing Chicago Tradition
My Fair Lady: Almost—But Not Quite—A Love Story
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
A Glorious Partnership: The Hero and Heroine of The King and I
Week 17: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more!
Ryan Opera Center From Home: The First Week
Lyric Family Favorites: June 26
Show your Lyric PRIDE
Rigoletto - "Caro nome che il mio cor"
Week 16: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more!
Lyric Music & More: June 19
Don Giovanni - "Don Giovanni! A cenar teco m'invitasti"
Faust - Jewel Song
Lyric Family Favorites: May 22
From Wacker Drive to Working from Home
Week 15: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more!
Popera!
Week 14: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more!
The King and I: "Shall we Dance?"
Lyric Music & More: May 19
The Barber of Seville: “Ecco ridente in cielo”
Lyric Family Favorites: May 15
Opera 101: Who’s in that box? The life of an opera prompter
Rigoletto - La donna è mobile
Lyric Music & More: May 12
You can never get enough “Summertime”
Happy Mother's Day from Lyric
Ryan Opera Center from Home: Kayleigh Decker
Lyric Family Favorites: May 8
Ryan Opera Center From Home: Madeline Slettedahl
La Traviata: “Sempre libera”
Lyric Music & More: May 5
Elektra: “Ob ich nicht höre”
Lyric Family Favorites: May 1
Week eight: Lyric Commentaries for free Met Nightly Streams
Week nine: Lyric Commentaries Met Nightly Streams and more!
Week ten: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more!
Week 11: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more!
Week 12: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more!
Week 13: Lyric Commentaries for opera streaming and more!
La bohème: "Quando me'n vo'"
Lyric Music & More: April 28
Idomeneo: "Solitudine amiche...Zeffiretti lusinghieri"
Lyric Family Favorites: April 24
Lyric Music & More: April 21
Week seven: Lyric Commentaries for free Met Nightly Streams
Week six: Lyric Commentaries for free Met Nightly Streams
An unforgettable “Ride”— Lyric Opera Orchestra delights with virtual performance
Spot Sir Andrew Davis
Ryan Opera Center From Home: Anthony Reed
Lyric Music & More: April 14
Madama Butterfly: “Un bel dì”
Pets of Lyric
Jesus Christ Superstar - Superstar
“Au fond du temple saint” - The Pearl Fishers Duet
Lyric’s Ring: An inside look at the week when the stage went dark
Directing the Ring
Singing and Acting the RING
Philosophy and the RING
Lyric Family Favorites: April 10
Lyric Music & More: April 7
Ryan Opera Center: The work continues
Lyric Family Favorites: April 3
Opera's Silliest Moments
Conductor’s Note - Gotterdammerung
Director's Note - Gotterdammerung
Siegfried's Sabbatical
Die Walküre: A Tug at the Heart
Lyric Music & More: March 31
Lyric Libations: TOSCA
Lyric Family Favorites: March 27
Lyric Music & More: March 24
Lyric Trivia
Lyric Opera Commentaries to accompany your streaming experiences
Week two: Experience Wagner's Ring cycle and more with free Lyric Commentaries and Met Opera Live Streams
Week three: Lyric's free Commentaries for free Met Nightly Streams
Week one: Free Commentaries for free Met Live Streams
Week four: Lyric Commentaries for free Met Nightly Streams
Backstage Life: Scott Marr
Backstage Life: April Busch
Hearts full of music
Which RING character are you?
Kiss & Tell: Valentine's Day at Lyric
True to herself: Cio-Cio-San speaks
Rising Stars Reminisce
Which Donizetti Queen Are You?
Opera in the Afternoon: An Insider's Guide to Matinees
DON GIOVANNI Through the Ages
Rape, revenge, love: the DON GIOVANNI puzzle
Harmonies and Hits: Verdi's Choral Music
Top Halloween Masquerade Costumes
Backstage life: Kenneth Nichols
Backstage life: John Clarke
Broadway Meets Barber
The Great Return: Maria Callas and Lyric Opera
Madeline on the Move
West Side Story Insider
West Side Story for Every Budget
Happy Birthday Stephen Sondheim!
Cheers to 25 Years!
Modern Match - Elektra
Master Mentor: Julia Faulkner
What does it mean to be an “opera advocate?”
Modern Match - Ariodante
Modern Match - La traviata
Modern Match - Siegfried
Modern Match - Il trovatore
Modern Match - La bohème
Operatic fathers: the best and worst
Glitter... Glitter Everywhere
Give the Gift of Lyric this Holiday Season
Lyric Libations: Orphée et Eurydice
Lyric 101: Dos and Don'ts
Lyric 101: Getting Around
A Romantic Night at the Opera
National Respect for Parents Day
Winter is Here...Opera Season is Coming
Happy National Best Friends Day from Lyric!
MY FAIR LADY: Journey to the Stage
Backstage Life: Brian Traynor
THE TROJANS (LES TROYENS) By the Numbers
Check out our range (of fashions)!
Behind the Scenes of Das Rheingold
Opera-Inspired Halloween Costumes
5 opera myths BUSTED!
How do you plan an opera season?
From Soprano to Bass: Exploring Voice in Opera
The Barber of Seville: After the Curtain Falls
Luisa Miller: After the Curtain Falls
Critical Acclaim for Dead Man Walking
A conversation with Sister Helen Prejean and Jake Heggie
Opera 101 Overtures: Let’s start at the very beginning
TOSCA: A Lyric photo history
Lyric Lately Blog - Page 5
Lyric Lately Blog - Page 4
Lyric Lately Blog - Page 3
Lyric Lately Blog - Page 2
Clearly Better

More information regarding the Lyric Opera

Contact Us
Plan Your Visit
Audience services
Seating Chart

Employment & auditions
Press Room
Privacy Policy

Login
Email Signup

Connect with Lyric

Lyric Opera on facebook
Lyric Opera on instagram
Lyric Opera on youtube
Lyric Opera on pinterest

20 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 860, Chicago, IL 60606

2025 © Lyric Opera of Chicago

By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy, which describes our use of cookies.

(opens new window)