Unlike Guys and Dolls, Fiddler or The Music Man, Carousel isn’t a show that can simply rest on the strengths of its material. While a good number of classic musicals can lean on their score and inner charms to suffice for a pleasurable evening, Rogers and Hammerstein’s 1945 masterpiece requires a director and design team… Read More A Transcendent ‘Carousel’ at Lyric Opera

Jenn Gambatese leads a lesson in song in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s “The Sound of Music” Opera purists have nothing on me. As much as I imagine opera buffs recoil at the mention of R&H being performed on the Lyric stage, I raise an eyebrow when I see such classic American musicals listed alongside Tosca… Read More Six reasons to see Lyric Opera’s ‘The Sound of Music’