At 10am on Tuesday, October 9, the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra members hit the streets for Day One of our strike. Lyric musicians on...

Why are the Musicians of the Lyric Opera Orchestra on strike? Because a world-class opera company needs a world-class orchestra. That...

Do you get told regularly how lucky you are to have the job you have? I do. Don’t get me wrong, I do feel fortunate…because anyone who...

After the curtain falls on Lyric Opera's season, orchestra members pursue other activities - some musical, some not. I spend my summers...

Cathy Dunn, Mike Cavalieri, and Bill Cernota perform at the Merion This summer, musicians from the orchestra and chorus of Lyric Opera of...

This month, Assistant Principal Cello Paul Dwyer tells us how he feels about opera... Look for another musician testimonial next issue!

We added a golden retriever puppy to our household this July...meet George Forman! His favorite activities include eating gross things...

“Without the singers there is no opera...You also have to have a great orchestra and great conductor…Here, we have the same pool of...

In late May I had another one of those "now we need you, now we don't " moments. On the Monday of the final week of Jesus Christ...

Most if not all of us in the Lyric Opera Orchestra went to a music school or conservatory, learning to play in a variety of ensembles....

The WFMT broadcasts were also an initiative from the orchestra. They began in 1972, when Ardash Marderosian, Lyric’s Principal Trombone...

Ferguson is a twelve-year-old Bichon Frisé. My girlfriend, Sara, got him as a puppy, and they’re virtually inseparable. Even though I’ve...

Brass quintet performing in the lobby of the Prudential Center: Bill Denton and Channing Philbrick, trumpets; Neil Kimel, horn; Jeremy...

James Berkenstock was Principal Bassoon of the Lyric Opera Orchestra from 1968 until he retired in 2017. He served on the orchestra...

Please make room for Sven, bassist Andy Anderson’s Great Pyrenees! He’s a large dog, but thanks to a haircut has slimmed down quite a bit...

Memorial Day Weekend is when I put in my garden. I know many people put theirs in weeks before, but I can never seem to. It’s either...

Kathleen Brauer (violin), Kedrick Armstrong (conductor), Melissa Trier Kirk (viola) Several orchestra members were involved in a May 31st...

When I joined the Lyric Opera of Chicago, I had a lot to learn about being in an opera orchestra. Over the following years I logged in...

For those of us who were at Lyric when “Toward the 21st Century” was announced, it was an exciting time. During a ten-year period...

During one of Lyric Opera’s low periods, the early 1980s, with a bleak financial outlook and pushing back against the unending chatter...