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Klezmer opera ‘The Property’ melds nostalgia, renewal in music awash with Old-World charm

Mar 1, 2015 – 12:19 pm | 2,817 views
Regina (Jill Grove) sits alone in Warsaw, contemplates making contact with someone from the past in The Property. (Robert Kusel)

Feature Review: “The Property,” a new vest-pocket opera that burst onto the Chicago scene Feb. 25, is the sweet-spirited musical brainchild of a 28-year-old Minsk-born Polish composer Wlad Marhulets, who makes a living these days tooling music for films in L.A. Marhuletz came to the Lyric Opera by way of klezmer madness — not a disease, rather an exhilarating state of mind. Through March 5.★★★

Lyric Opera’s gingerly, droll ‘Hänsel & Gretel’ offers dreamy – and scary – fun for families

Dec 17, 2012 – 5:00 pm | 4,869 views
Elizabeth DeShong as Hansel, Jill Grove as Witch and Maria Kanyova as Gretel in HANSEL & GRETEL Lyric Opera Chicago 2012 credit Dan Rest

Review: ★★★★