In 2015, director Barbara Gaines’ Lyric Opera production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” became the first production of Anthony Freud’s formal tenure as Lyric’s general director.

It’s the day of the wedding at the palace, and seduction, jealousy, and deception are the uninvited guests. Mozart’s beloved romantic comedy The Marriage of Figaro returns to Lyric Opera of Chicago ...

London-based Set and Costume Designer Leslie Travers oversees the progress on 18th-century costumes at a cutting table at Kansas City Costume Company. The grand spectacle of opera is an expensive art ...

“This is not a stylized production.” So claims director Barbara Gaines in the program notes of her gaudy, tasteless excuse for Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, which opened Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 61st ...

THUMBNAIL SKETCH: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO recounts a single day of farce – the wedding day of two servants, Figaro, servant to the Count, and his bride-to-be Susanna, servant to the Countess. As they ...