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The Civic Opera House, also called Lyric Opera House is an opera house located at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. The Civic's main performance space, named for Ardis Krainik , seats 3,563, making it the second-largest opera auditorium in North America, after the Metropolitan Opera House .
Smyth is a restaurant located in Chicago. [1] [2] [3] Alongside Alinea, Smyth is one of two restaurants in Chicago with three Michelin stars.Smyth is located on the second floor, above a bar called The Loyalist, also operated by Smyth's owners.
Crosby's Opera House (1865–1871) was an opera house in Chicago, Illinois, founded by Uranus H. Crosby, destroyed by fire; Grand Opera House (1872–1958), built at 546 N. Clark Street (119 N. Clark Street today) by John Austin Hamlin; Chicago Opera House (1885–1913) constructed in 1884–5, demolished in May 1913
River North from 1990 to 2012 became one of Chicago's top neighborhoods for nightlife especially along Franklin Street and Hubbard Street. It is a top destination for restaurants, nightclubs and living for people who move to Chicago. During this time numerous highrises have been developed, dramatically increasing the population of River North.
The Civic Opera Building is a 45-story office tower (plus two 22-story wings) located at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. The building opened November 4, 1929, and has an Art Deco interior. It contains a 3,563-seat opera house, the Civic Opera House, which is the second-largest opera auditorium in North America.
Lyric Opera of Chicago is an American opera company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded in Chicago in 1954, under the name 'Lyric Theatre of Chicago' by Carol Fox, Nicola Rescigno and Lawrence Kelly, with a season that included Maria Callas's American debut in Norma. Fox re-organized the company in 1956 under its present name.
DeSantis opened the Martinique Restaurant in Evergreen Park and began producing plays in 1949 in a tent adjacent to the restaurant to attract customers. [2] The enterprise was successful, prompting him to build his first theatre. Drury Lane Evergreen Park was DeSantis's first theatre in the Chicago area. It opened in 1958 and was a local ...
The Lyric Opera purchased the Civic Opera House in 1993. [109] The Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago was founded by Lithuanian Chicagoans in 1956, [110] and presents operas in Lithuanian. It celebrated fifty years of existence in 2006, and operates as a not-for-profit organization. It is noteworthy for performing the rarely staged Rossini's ...