“The Listeners,” the wild new opera with music by Missy Mazzoli and a libretto by Royce Varek, begins with a coyote dancing across the stage of Chicago’s Lyric Opera and proceeds thereafter to the ...

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The new work — about a middle-aged schoolteacher ensnared in a cult — premieres this week at the Lyric Opera. Hyde Park native Nicole Heaston is its star. At the center of it all is the leading lady, ...

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Missy Mazzoli received an Opera Philadelphia composing commission around the time Donald Trump first was running for president, inspiring her to settle on a sect with faithful ...

Missy Mazzoli believes she was born a composer. Mazzoli, described as a “post-millennial Mozart,” started writing music when she was 10 years old while sitting in her Lansdale home playing the piano. ...

Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s The Listeners will the Lyric Opera of Chicago stage beginning Sunday, March 30 for a limited run of five performances. The Listeners is based on a story by author ...

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