Lyric Opera of Chicago
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The Lyric Opera of Chicago is an American opera company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded in Chicago in 1954, under the name 'Lyric Theatre of Chicago' by Carol Fox, Nicola Rescigno
Exterior of the Civic Opera Building, which contains within it theaters and related space for the opera, as well as an office building
The Ardis Krainik Theatre in the Civic Opera House
Civic Opera Building
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The Civic Opera Building is a 45-story office tower located at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. The building opened November 4, 1929, and has an Art Deco interior. It contains a 3,563-seat opera hous
Lyric Opera of Chicago
…Callas's American debut in Norma. Fox re-organized the company in 1956 under its present name. Lyric is housed in a theater and related spaces in the Civic Opera Building. These spaces are now owned by Lyric. The first opera to be performed in Chicago was Bellini's La sonnambula, presented by a traveling opera company…
Wacker Drive façade of the Civic Opera Building with part of the arcade
Detail of a sculpture by Henry Hering