Photo: The Lyric Opera of Chicago revives Mozart's Don Giovanni in a 2014 production by Tony Award-winning director Robert Falls. Photo courtesy of Todd Rosenberg/Lyric Opera of Chicago

The 2000 opera Dead Man Walking by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Terrence McNally makes its Lyric Opera of Chicago debut this autumn. Photo courtesy of Felix Sanchez/Houston Grand Opera

The Lyric Opera of Chicago revives Rossini's comedy The Barber of Seville in a 2014 production staged by Tony Award winner Rob Ashford. Photo courtesy Robert Kusel/Lyric Opera of Chicago