Lots of operas have many characters, including some principal ones, who you might not like. But it’s unusual when an opera is ...

Heaston, a Chicago native, is making her long-overdue Lyric debut as Claire. Both a multi-dimensional singer and first-rate actor, she delivers a defining performance, forcefully conveying both the ...

“The Listeners,” the wild new opera with music by Missy Mazzoli and a libretto by Royce Varek, begins with a coyote dancing across the stage of Chicago’s Lyric Opera and proceeds thereafter ...

But instead, it’s the makings of a buzzy new opera, The Listeners, which will have its Chicago premiere this week. At the center of it all is the leading lady, a complex 40-something teacher ...

inspires a new opera at Lyric Opera of Chicago from March 30 to April 11: “The Listeners,” by composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek. The opera follows suburban schoolteacher ...

The most stirring vocal moments in the opera are delivered by the large ensemble, whose humming could scare a banshee—but ...

Her work, “The Listeners,” will begin performances this weekend at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Share Operas have long confronted issues that were both timely and ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago is committed to redefining what it means to experience great opera. The company is driven to deliver consistently excellent artistry through innovative, relevant ...

In desperation, she jons a community organization, The Listeners, formed to discover the origin of the noise and destroy it. The group becomes frighteningly cult-like, ultimately leading to ...

It is an opera that feels more like watching a thriller. "The Listeners" comes from renowned composer Missy Mazzoli, who has been called the "post-millennial Mozart." And this show is about to ...

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