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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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All content by MJ Chen
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UChicago Manual of Style: Bold Color

By MJ Chen, David Farr, and Christian Hill
February 2, 2017
Deputy Arts Editor MJ Chen speaks to Maestro Frizza, who made his Lyric Opera debut conducting this season's production of "Norma."

In Conversation with Riccardo Frizza: The ABCs of a Bel Canto Opera

By MJ Chen, Arts Editor
February 2, 2017
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UChicago Manual of Style: Social, Savvy Streetwear

By MJ Chen, David Farr, and Christian Hill
January 26, 2017
Jacob Oden is one of four student chefs cooking with Nous.

Cooking with Nous, 11/5: DIY Kale Kimchi and Hoisin-Glazed Crackling Pork Belly

By MJ Chen and Alex Ye
November 15, 2016
As Lucia, soprano Albina Shagimuratova devastates in the infamous mad scene.

Mad Treat: Lyric’s “Lucia” Has Blood Coming Out of Her Wherever

By MJ Chen
October 21, 2016
In All Stars 2, queens who couldn't make it to the top in RuPaul's Drag Race are given their shot at redemption.

Queens Behaving Badly: Drag Race All Stars Shoots for the Finish

By MJ Chen
October 6, 2016

An Irreverent Welcome Letter

By Evangeline Reid and MJ Chen
September 29, 2016
Bernard Haitink, pictured here from a 2007 performance with the CSO, led the orchestra in Strauss’ epic Alpine Symphony.

Haitink Proves Able Storyteller at CSO with Mozart, Strauss

By MJ Chen
May 5, 2016
Paris is Burning offers deeply personal portraits of New York City “ball-walkers,” who have found a home in the city’s vibrant drag subculture.

26 Years Later, Paris is Burning Still Rages On

By MJ Chen
April 7, 2016

Lyric’s Roméo: A Note by Any Other Pitch Won’t Sound as Sweet

By MJ Chen
March 8, 2016

Opera’s Morbid Valentine: Puccini and Poulenc

By MJ Chen
February 15, 2016

Disappointing leads, budget sets undercut an otherwise merry Widow

By MJ Chen
December 4, 2015

Interview with Bradley Smoak, up-and-coming singer in Lyric’s Wozzeck

By MJ Chen
November 9, 2015

Maroon exclusive: In conversation with Riccardo Muti

By MJ Chen, Hannah Edgar, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief
October 1, 2015

Lyric’s Figaro marries misguided direction with poor taste

By MJ Chen
October 1, 2015

Organist Nathan Laube pulls out all the stops

By MJ Chen
April 30, 2015

Uchida’s take on Mozart effortless, novel

By MJ Chen
April 13, 2015

Tannhäuser unable to hit high note

By MJ Chen
March 10, 2015

Overzealous direction kills Tosca faster than it can kill its own protagonists

By MJ Chen
January 27, 2015

Queen Anne Boleyn sings her head off at Chicago’s Lyric Opera

By MJ Chen
January 16, 2015

Lyric caters to dedicated opera fans with Strauss’s Capriccio

By MJ Chen
October 23, 2014

Don Giovanni: Mozart’s old dog gets new tricks at Lyric

By MJ Chen
October 2, 2014

The composer is dead

By MJ Chen
May 1, 2014

The Composer is Dead

By MJ Chen
April 18, 2014

Lady of the lake: Martínez makes waves as voiceless lead

By MJ Chen
March 6, 2014

For two days only, CSO brings Schubert mass to life

By MJ Chen
February 7, 2014

The Barber of Seville steals the show with Figaro at the Lyric

By MJ Chen
February 4, 2014

The Lyric’s Die Fledermaus is Die party of the season

By MJ Chen
January 14, 2014

La Traviata just shy of magnifique

By MJ Chen
November 26, 2013

For the Lyric Opera, Wagner’s Parsifal is Holy Grail

By MJ Chen
November 22, 2013

New assistant organist to perform at weekly show

By MJ Chen
October 28, 2013

Big laughs as CSO stages nightmare on South Michigan

By MJ Chen
October 22, 2013

Lyric’s Otello strikes all the right chords

By MJ Chen
October 15, 2013
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