As winter turns to spring, Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly' comes to the Lyric Opera stage from March 14 to April 12, 2026. Cio-Cio-San, or Madama Butterfly, is a geisha in love with Navy Lt. B.F.

The Lyric Opera of Chicago just announced its 2025-26 season, including two new shows by Chicago pioneers: Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan and Chicago Poet Laureate avery r. young.

Lyric Opera of Chicago has revealed the company’s 2025/26 Season, its first complete season featuring Medea, Salome and more.

The world premiere opera takes place in the near future where Earth's seasons are out of order. A group of artists retreats ...

In response to feedback from the American Songwriter Community, the judges were asked to share some insights into their winner selections.

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency ...

Sometimes seen as the stuff of commencement addresses, his poems are hard to pin down—just like the man behind them.

Fans will immediately notice sonic differences between the original cut of “Please, Please, Please” and the new version. The arrangement leans more toward country ...

And if you ask me how, I do not know. I only feel it, and I’m torn in two. Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness ...

A post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) The multihyphenate also shared a lyric video for the single, written by Gomez, Blanco and Finneas, on YouTube. The album will be released via SMG Music ...

So, if you’re looking for the perfect words for your loved one this year, why not share one of these poems, which attempt to express the wonder and complexities of romantic love. If you make a ...