The production was scheduled to be performed at Lyric Opera House between February 16-27 and is now set to be performed in June.

The opera had been scheduled for performances in late January, and according to Lyric, rehearsals were set to begin this week.

We’re still soaring from our big day last week, when we welcomed some of Chicago’s leading artists to take part in a daylong celebration of WFMT and the music we’ve been presenting for the last 70 years!

How better to mark 70 years of WFMT than with a party!?

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.