What is Lyric Opera of Chicago?
[[File:Civic Opera House 060528.jpg|thumb|Exterior of the Civic Opera Building, which contains within it theaters and related space for the opera, as well as an office building]] '''Lyric Opera of Chicago''' is one of the leading [[opera]] companies in the [[United States]]. It was founded in [[Chicago]] in 1954, under the name 'Lyric [[Theatre]] of Chicago' by [[Carol Fox (Chicago opera)|Carol Fox]], [[Nicola Rescigno]] and Lawrence Kelly. [[Maria Callas]]'s American debut in ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]'' was held here. The Lyric is housed in a theater and related spaces in the [[Civic Opera Building]]. ==Other websites== *{{official|https://www.lyricopera.org/}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050811074522/http://centerstage.net/music/clubs/civic-opera-house.html Profile at Centerstage Chicago] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090619021531/http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/C/CivicOpera.html Chicago Landmarks: Civic Opera Building] *[http://www.bruceduffie.com/krainik.html Ardis Krainik interview] by Bruce Duffie * [http://www.newberry.org/collections/FindingAids/valentine/Valentine.html May Valentine Lyric Opera Photograph Collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105215557/http://www.newberry.org/collections/FindingAids/valentine/Valentine.html |date=2011-01-05 }} at [[Newberry Library]] *[http://www.bruceduffie.com/dannynewman.html Danny Newman interview] by Bruce Duffie [[Category:Theatres in Chicago]] {{US-stub}}