Stories

Enrique Mazzola on Returning to the Stage, Taking the Reins at Lyric

Mazzola speaks with WFMT general manager George Preston about returning to live performance, Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth, Gaetano Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love, and what he loves most about being a Chicagoan.

Mary Mazurek | April 30, 2018

All of the silent work that goes into making classical recordings sound great might surprise you

Daniel Goldberg | April 27, 2018

How food and friendship inspired a Chicago musician to compose again

Stephen Raskauskas | April 27, 2018

WWCI Names Sandra Cordova Micek as President & CEO

Opera Explores the Brink of Humanity: ‘Dog Days’ Gets Chicago-Area Premiere

Michael San Gabino | November 22, 2019

“It has been said that a society can be judged by the way it treats its animals,” composer David T. Little says in the program notes for his chamber opera, Dog Days. Based on a short story by Judy Budnitz, the opera is set in a war-torn future that’s not too far away from our own time.