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The performance archive serves as a reference for Lyric productions and events since the company's founding in 1954.
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Lyric Opera of Chicago is an American opera company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded in Chicago in 1954, under the name 'Lyric Theatre of Chicago' by Carol Fox , Nicola Rescigno and Lawrence Kelly, with a season that included Maria Callas 's American debut in Norma .
Over the course of the company's 66-year history, Lyric Opera of Chicago has consistently offered its patrons a world-class roster of singers, conductors, directors, designers, choreographers, and dancers in a wide-ranging repertoire. Browse below for a list of notable artists.
The collection documents the history of Lyric Opera of Chicago, founded in 1954. Materials cover the productions mounted by Lyric each season, fund raising, budgeting, relationships with other opera companies and artistic organizations, contracts with singers and orchestra and chorus members, board of directors meetings, and maintenance and ...
In late 1997, the renowned Lyric Opera of Chicago company debuted the very first opera of its kind—a work especially commissioned to retell the 1839 story of the slave ship, La Amistad,...
Lyric Opera of Chicago – teatr operowy w Chicago, jedna z prestiżowych scen operowych w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Założona w 1952 roku, pod nazwą "Lyric Theatre Chicago" przez Carol Fox, Nicola Rescigno i Lawrence'a Kelly'ego, W 1956 roku odbył się tam amerykański debiut Marii Callas .
