The Future of Opera
Oct 12, 2019
2 minutes
By GRAHAM MEYER
Photograph by ROSS FEIGHERY
Opera of Chicago staged its first commissioned grand opera in more than a decade: , adapted from Ann Patchett’s 2001 novel about a terrorist hostage crisis. The production had no trouble demonstrating its relevance or engaging a modern audience; the Islamic State attacks in Paris had come less than a month before the opening. Lyric held sessions after
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