"The first thing I said to Lyric was I don’t want this to be ‘opera goes rock,’" Corgan told Fox 32 Chicago during a recent ...

Smashing Pumpkins mainman Billy Corgan is taking his band's classic album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness to the opera in celebration of its 30th anniversary. The Lyric Opera in the band's ...

Smashing Pumpkins perform onstage at the Double Door, Chicago, Illinois, March 5, 1995. Pictured are, from left, D'Arcy Wretzky, on bass guitar, Billy Corgan, on guitar, Jimmy Chamberlin, on drums, ...

Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan is transforming his “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” album into an opera airing in Chicago for a limited time. The rocker joined Fox Chicago’s Paris Schutz to ...

and the world premiere of a new “alt rock opera” penned by Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins fame, titled “A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness” (Nov. 21-30). Corgan was in the ...

The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his band's era-defining "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" by going small, and leaving his fellow Pumpkins behind.

The news comes a few weeks after Billy announced some special concerts in which he is teaming up with the Lyric Opera of Chicago to reimagine 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' in an ...

DETROIT — The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his band's era-defining "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" by going small, and leaving his fellow ...