Review: Lyric’s ‘Rigoletto’ updates Verdi’s opera without lessening its vitality
Director Mary Birnbaum offers up a “Rigoletto” that’s partly revisionist yet has all the traditional pleasures of Italian ...
Superb ‘Rigoletto’ leads keep the thrills coming in Lyric season opener
While Rigoletto is the title character in this tale of wishful love and sordid betrayal in the depraved court of a ...
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Video: Verdi's RIGOLETTO at Lyric Opera of Chicago
Opening Chicago’s cultural season with a vengeance, Verdi’s psychological thriller Rigoletto returns to Lyric Opera of ...
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An Embarrassment of Riches: A Review of “Rigoletto” at Lyric Opera
Lyric Opera’s “Rigoletto” runs through October 6 at Lyric Opera House, 20 North Wacker (at Madison). Performance dates are ...
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Gilda is dead; opera’s not
The opera season kicks off with a stunning Rigoletto at Lyric, with Fidelio, COT's Leonora, and Haymarket's Tamerlano in the ...
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Three great singers bring thrills and heartbreak to the Lyric Opera stage
Last Saturday was one of the most rewarding opening nights of the season Lyric Opera of Chicago has seen in many years. Our ...
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Lyric Opera of Chicago opens season with Rigoletto
Photos: Todd Rosenberg/Lyric Opera Igor Golovatenko - Rigoletto Mané Galoyan - Gilda Javier Camarena - Duke of Mantua Soloman Howard - Sparafucile Zoie Reams - Maddalena Travon D. Walker - Borsa ...
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A starry Rigoletto cast dazzles in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season opener
The quartet late in the opera with Galoyan, Camarena, Soloman Howard's Sparafucile, and Zoie Reams' Maddalena also displayed impressive unity for such distinctive solo voices. Rigoletto is a score of ...