Lyric Opera of Chicago

Upcoming Events

Lyric Opening Concert
Oct 10, 2025
Join us for a thrilling night of entertainment when Tony Award-winning stars of stage and screen Brian Stokes Mitchell and Laura Benanti are onstage for one night only with the full force of the Lyric Opera Orchestra. You’ll be swept away by a program that features Broadway favorites, jazz classics, and beloved selections from the Great American Songbook that will stay with you long after the curtain falls. Be a part of this very special event where you’ll have the chance to mingle with fellow arts lovers and celebrate a new cultural season at Lyric. We don’t want you to miss a moment of the music!
Medea
Classic, Drama, Music, Opera, Spooky Season
Runs Oct 11Oct 26, 2025
a tale of infidelity and revenge like no other.
Coco in Concert Live to Film
Children’s/Family, Film/Documentary, Music, Musical
Runs Oct 16Oct 18, 2025

Join Lyric for Disney and Pixar’s Coco in Concert Live to Film, the story of Miguel, a young boy who dreams of being an accomplished musician, despite his family’s …

Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
Classic, Drama, Music, Opera
Runs Nov 01Nov 23, 2025

This duo of passionate one-act operas explores the depths of spurned lovers’ grief and the lengths they’ll go to in avenging betrayal. Deadly love triangles unfold against starkly …

Carmina Burana
Classic, Music
Runs Nov 14Nov 18, 2025

For three performances only, Enrique Mazzola leads the celebrated Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus in Carmina Burana, the sweeping cantata based on 24 medieval poems. Lyric’s talented musicians bring this masterpiece …

A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness
Music, Musical, New Work, Opera, Performance Art
Runs Nov 21Nov 30, 2025

Billy Corgan achieved stratospheric fame as the founder, frontman, and creative force behind the legendary Smashing Pumpkins. A Grammy winner whose powerful songwriting, commanding vocals, and inventive melodies …

Salome
Classic, Music, Opera
Runs Jan 25Feb 14, 2026

Based on Oscar Wilde’s one-act play, Salome has been thrilling and fascinating audiences for more than a century. Lyric Opera of Chicago brings Sir David McVicar’s decadent production — which is set …

Così fan tutte
Classic, Comedy, Music, Opera, Valentine’s Day
Runs Feb 01Feb 15, 2026

Two officers, convinced all women are fickle in love, hatch a plan to switch places and woo each other’s fiancées in disguise — but the women know exactly …

Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene
Music, One Person Show, Opera
Feb 05, 2026

International superstar Renée Fleming makes her much-anticipated return to the Lyric Opera of Chicago stage with a program based on her 2023 Grammy-winning Best Classical Vocal Solo Album. …

Madama Butterfly
Classic, Drama, Music, Opera
Runs Mar 14Apr 12, 2026

Meet Cio-Cio-San — known as Madama Butterfly — a faithful but doomed geisha in love with B.F. Pinkerton. Everyone but Butterfly knows the Navy lieutenant will break her …

El último sueño de Frida y Diego
Runs Mar 21Apr 04, 2026

On the Day of the Dead, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo crosses over from the underworld for 24 short hours with Diego Rivera, who remains in the living world, …

Mary Poppins in Concert Live to Film
Children’s/Family, Film/Documentary, Music, Musical
Runs Apr 10Apr 11, 2026

Get ready for high-energy fun as Disney’s five-time Academy Award®-winning film comes to life on the big screen! Meet Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews), a magical English nanny who …

Safronia
Dance, Drama, Music, New Work, Opera
Runs Apr 17Apr 18, 2026
20 N. Wacker Dr.
Chicago IL 60606
312.827.5600
Experience the world-renowned Lyric Opera of Chicago. Each year features eight operatic productions and a spring musical, as well as a variety of concerts, recitals, family programming, and community performances. The 3,563 seat theatre is the second-largest opera auditorium in North American and has the largest stage in downtown Chicago. Excellent sightlines, premium acoustics and intricate architecture make the Opera House a fantastic venue for a performance or your own private or public event. Subscriptions, group, and single tickets are available, as well as private event space. Visit www.lyricopera.org or call 312-827-5600.