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Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra to perform ‘Symphony No. 9’
J'nai Bridges will be among the quartet from the Ryan Opera Center, of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, performing at Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra's May 11 concert in Frankfort. | File photo ♦ Under maestro David Danzmayr, the group will perform Aaron Copl from Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune Read more »
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Grand staging for 'Oklahoma' in the hands of Lyric Opera
Early in "Oklahoma!" the 1943 masterpiece by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II now at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the traveling peddler Ali Hakim asks the naive young farm girl Laurey Williams if she wants something. He means trinkets from his val from Chicago Tribune Read more »
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Corrections and clarifications for Saturday, May 4, 2013
•The theater openings list in Friday's On the Town section had an incorrect name for the lead actor in "Oklahoma!" at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Gary Griffin directs John Cudia and Ashley Brown in the classic musical. from Chicago Tribune Read more »
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Lyric Opera of Chicago is getting miked for Oklahoma!
"Our singers don't need microphones" has been the billboard boast of Lyric Opera. And it's true for the usual fare. But when Lyric did a much-admired Showboat last year as part of its regular season, they did need amplification, and they needed more than from Chicago Reader Read more »
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Surplus of song and dance in Chicago this weekend
On Saturday night, the Lyric Opera of Chicago officially gets into the business of Broadway musicals. The Lyric's production of "Oklahoma," as directed by Gary Griffin, is certainly not the venerable opera company's first foray into the Broadway repertoi from Chicago Tribune Read more »
