Richard Wagner said, “Music is the inarticulate speech of the heart, which cannot be compressed into words, because it is infinite.” ...

Ian Hallas, Bass: Amy Hess, Viola: Paul Dwyer, Asst. Principal Cello:Di Shi, Viola: Samuel Hamzem, Horn Hey everyone, we're back! The...

Another opera season successfully completed. Now we all go our separate ways, and with a few exceptions we will be away from each other...

We like to celebrate in our orchestra; birthdays, retirements, weddings, births and yearly, the end of the opera season. In early...

Sometimes, in spite of all of the careful preparation and planning, stuff just happens. Enjoy. The Day the Basset Horn Died. The score to...

Mr. Domingo with Lynn Williams, harp Have you ever had this conversation with someone you just met? What do you do for a living? I am a...

Irene Radetzky and Eric Millstein having fun in the pit Katie Brauer and Mark Brandfonbrener Many, if not most, work places discourage...

The first week back after the holiday break this season began with a PBS-recorded performance of Lyric Opera’s world premiere, Bel Canto,...

Lyric Opera’s Youth Opera Council attended a portion of an orchestra rehearsal for the Domingo/Martinez Gala. Afterwards they were...

Imagine, if you will, a place where you do the same work as the people around you but you're mostly invisible to the people you work for....

Chuck Bontrager, Steve Roberts, and Don Stiernberg While it might not be a surprise that an opera such as Bel Canto uses unfamiliar folk...

Channing Philbrick, Co-Assistant Principal Trumpet, doubles in Bel Canto on trumpet and pututo, a maring conch shell fitted with a wooden...

Bel Canto composer Jimmy Lopez heavily features our Lyric Opera Percussion section who fly from instrument to instrument banging, bowing,...

Before our exciting world premiere of Bel Canto on December 7, author Ann Patchett graciously took time out of her whirlwind evening to...

Walt Preucil, cello and William Koehler, piano "...a great way to showcase the many talented members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra. Many...

I recently had the pleasure to sit down with Bruce Ridge, Chairman of the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians...

There is something that attracts musicians to marathons. At least half a dozen members of our orchestra have run a marathon over the...

Most people don't know what goes on behind the scenes at an opera house. If they did, they might know that vultures smell really...

Those of us who know Robert Johnson know him for his vibrant personality, quick wit, and his beautiful horn playing. What you might not...

One at a time, sometimes two. Ok, there was that one time where there were three cats living in my house at the same time. And to be...