Lyric Opera of Chicago by Claudia Cassidy
Claudia Cassiday, America' great art critic, has been on the aisle since Lyric's 'Calling-Card' performance dazzled Chicago. Her text illuminates Lyric Opera's 25 years within the context of Chicago's oper-rich history. With her perceptive style, we relive these seasons, from Callas' encounter with a hapless process server, to Nureyev's American operatic debut in 'Prince Igor', to the power and beauty of magnificent presentations of such rarely seen works as 'Don Quichotte' and 'Khovanschina.' The book contains over 300 color and black-and-white photographs, many of them published for the first time. A complete listing of casts and repertoire is also included. With Claudia Cassidy's prose, these years are not pages in a history book. They live forever.