Like so many things right now, this article is very different from the one I imagined I would be writing. There are a few things in life ...

Debuting on Friday, April 17, the VIRTUAL Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra presented "Ride of the Valkyries" Learn more about how we put thi...

The past month has been one of both loss and discovery for me. Since the beginning of last summer, in preparation for The Ring, I’ve been...

My husband (CSO horn player Dave Griffin) and I have lived in the same house in Oak Park for the past 24 years. During that time we’ve wa...

Check out this sweetheart, the newest and furriest member of the family for Katie Brauer (violin) and Mark Brandfonbrener (cello). From K...

Regular musicians vote to receive less than full pay so the savings can pay extras and stage band musicians As COVID-19 began sweeping ac...

The veil fabric from one of Sondra Radvanovsky’s Three Queens gowns, the pistol used to murder the Commendatore in Don Giovanni , the man...

Banda members warming up in costume as gypsies and Spanish musicians Have you ever wondered about those people playing musical instrument...

Our group volunteer repack session at the Greater Chicago Food Depository this year included members of Lyric Opera’s administrative staf...

Kathleen Brauer (violin), Sister Helen Prejean (author of the book Dead Man Walking), and Mark Brandfonbrener (cello)

It gives us great joy to join our wonderful Lyric Opera Stage Artist colleagues to give back to our community. Bringing holiday cheer and...

We've recently welcomed donors to sit in the pit with us during performances, giving them the opportunity to see what opera looks and sou...

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Part I By Channing Philbrick, trumpet When you are a member of the Lyric Opera trumpet section you are one of three players. Every time ...

The Chicago area musical community has lost a dear friend and treasured colleague. Matt Mantell, violist, lost his battle with cancer on ...

Emmy! When Lyric Opera Orchestra violinist Peter Labella and his wife, horn player and frequent Lyric sub Melanie Cottle, discovered 3 ki...

Cellist William Cernota and Chicago Federation of Musicians President Terryl Jares On October 11, Chicago Lyric Opera musicians joined me...

Our own Paul Dwyer spent some of his off-season in the recording studio, and just released the first installment of the complete cello su...