On December 7, The Lyric Opera of Chicago will present the world premiere of Bel Canto, based on Ann Patchett’s prize-winning novel, with music by composer Jimmy López and libretto by Pulitzer ...

Set in 17th-century Scotland, Lucia di Lammermoor is reminiscent of Shakespearean tragedies, with warring families and star-crossed lovers, much like “Romeo and Juliet,” as well as “Macbeth”-style ...

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Best-selling author Ann Patchett's "Bel Canto," the story of terrorists taking hostages at a South American embassy, will find a home on the stage, the Lyric Opera of Chicago announced Tuesday. The ...

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Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS will present “Bel Canto,” based on one of Ann Patchett’s most famous books, this Friday. The story, published four months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, ...

A new film called Bel Canto stars Julianne Moore as an opera singer, but the character's singing voice belongs to soprano Renée Fleming. Fleming is one of the biggest opera stars in the world. When ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CHICAGO — The Lyric Opera couldn’t have known five years ago, when it started planning “Bel Canto,” that terrorism would be the hottest topic in America the ...

Who do they think they are, these people who want to teach us our trade? We know it ever so much better than they do. Let composers stick to their méetier and let us do ours! Composers who write out ...

Julianne Moore stars as an opera singer in Bel Canto, a drama in which Moore's Roxane Coss gets caught in a hostage negotiations Julianne Moore knows how to stop a crowd in her latest movie. The ...