Lyric Opera music director Enrique Mazzola, left, and John Mangum, the general director, president and CEO, greet Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins on March 11, 2025, as they announce their ...

CHICAGO — The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025-26 season will include five productions that first appeared elsewhere and one revival, all picked by the previous general director, Anthony Freud.

Nearly 30 years later, Billy Corgan says he was at a production of Mozart's Requiem at the Lyric when he got the idea for a unique 30th anniversary idea – to adapt his rock album for opera. Just ...

The Lyric Opera of Chicago laid out its 2025-26 season at a presentation at the Civic Opera House on Tuesday, the first season to be announced under the direction of John Mangum, Lyric’s newly ...

Now, frontman Billy Corgan is teaming up with Lyric Opera of Chicago to celebrate the album’s 30th anniversary. It’s a prospect Corgan didn’t really see coming.

Billy Corgan will stage a world-premiere show at Lyric Opera this November. The new production is tied to the 30th anniversary of the Smashing Pumpkins album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

Billy Corgan is teaming up with the Lyric Opera of Chicago to adapt the Smashing Pumpkins' iconic ‘90s album “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” into an all-new experience.

The event, dubbed A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness, will take place in the musician’s hometown, with the Lyric Opera of Chicago hosting the event for seven evenings beginning Nov. 21.

Billy Corgan is teaming up with Lyric Opera of Chicago to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary. It's a prospect Corgan didn't really see coming.

CHICAGO — The Lyric Opera of Chicago laid out its 2025-26 season at a presentation at the Civic Opera House on Tuesday, the first season to be announced under the ...