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Review: In Chicago, an Opera Triptych Reaches for Connection

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Review: In Chicago, an Opera Triptych Reaches for Connection

Lyric Opera of Chicago follows a recent world premiere with yet another: “Proximity,” a set of works by three librettist-composer pairs.

By Zachary Woolfe

In Chicago, ‘Opera Can Be Hip-Hop, and Hip-Hop Can Be Opera’

DJ King Rico Liverman, Will Lyric Opera of Chicago Opera Rap and Hip-Hop The Barber of Seville (Opera) The Factotum (Opera)

In Chicago, ‘Opera Can Be Hip-Hop, and Hip-Hop Can Be Opera’

Will Liverman and DJ King Rico’s “The Factotum,” at Lyric Opera of Chicago, is a gloss on “The Barber of Seville” set in a South Side barbershop.

By Joshua Barone

In Chicago, ‘Opera Can Be Hip-Hop, and Hip-Hop Can Be Opera’

DJ King Rico Liverman, Will Lyric Opera of Chicago Opera Rap and Hip-Hop The Barber of Seville (Opera) The Factotum (Opera)

In Chicago, ‘Opera Can Be Hip-Hop, and Hip-Hop Can Be Opera’

Will Liverman and DJ King Rico’s “The Factotum,” at Lyric Opera of Chicago, is a gloss on “The Barber of Seville” set in a South Side barbershop.

By Joshua Barone