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Billy Corgan is teaming with the Lyric Opera to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Smashing Pumpkins’ epic double LP ...

avery r. young performs a song from “safronia” on March 11, 2025, as the Lyric Opera announces their upcoming season. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) Billy Corgan, left, and avery r.

The Lyric Opera of Chicago laid out its 2025-26 season ... and the world premiere of a new “alt rock opera” penned by Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins fame, titled “A Night of Mellon ...

Now, frontman Billy Corgan is teaming up with Lyric Opera of Chicago to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary. It's a prospect Corgan didn't really see coming. "Along the way, different people ...

and to discover how Lyric’s full operatic treatment is helping me experience my own compositions in powerful new ways,” Billy Corgan said in a statement. “Opera and rock both tell stories of ...

"I am excited for both fans of my music and traditional opera fans to hear some truly inspired work," says Corgan.

Smashing Pumpkins perform onstage at the Double Door, Chicago, Illinois, March 5, 1995. Pictured are, from left, D'Arcy ...

Billy Corgan (right) alongside John Mangum, general director, president and CEO of Lyric Opera of Chicago, speaks about his upcoming project “A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness” at ...

is entering his opera era. Corgan will stage a world-premiere show at Lyric Opera of Chicago in November. The new project, announced Tuesday as part of the opera company’s next season ...

Corgan, special guests, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra and Chorus will transform the album into a new sonic and visual experience later this year. Titled A Night of Mellon Collie and ...