Summary
The Lyric Opera House is home to the Baltimore Opera Company, but it also hosts music acts, comedians, family programs and Broadway shows. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra played at the venue until 1982, when it moved to the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The 2,564-seat theater in Mount Royal is on the National Register of Historic Places. It opened in 1894 as the Music Hall with a performance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It was renamed the Lyric Theater in 1909 when it changed owners. The theater, known for its acoustics, has hosted such names as Charles Lindberg, Amelia Earhart, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn and Will Rogers. More recently, performances, including "The Nutcracker," "Evita," Jungle...
The Lyric Opera House is home to the Baltimore Opera Company, but it also hosts music acts, comedians, family programs and Broadway shows. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra played at the venue until 1982, when it moved to the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The 2,564-seat theater in Mount Royal is on the National Register of Historic Places. It opened in 1894 as the Music Hall with a performance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It was renamed the Lyric Theater in 1909 when it changed owners. The theater, known for its acoustics, has hosted such names as Charles Lindberg, Amelia Earhart, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn and Will Rogers. More recently, performances, including "The Nutcracker," "Evita," Jungle Jack Hanna, Bill Maher and Queen Latifah, have filled the schedule. The nonprofit Lyric Foundation purchased the theater and launched a $14 million renovation plan to cope with the loss of the BSO. In 1982, the renamed Lyric Opera House -- with a new entrance, lobby, seating arrangement and backstage facilities -- opened as a multipurpose venue. The Lyric has struggled with competing theaters such as the Hippodrome and Meyerhoff, changed hands several times and dealt with financial setbacks. But it continues to adapt to the changing arts scene in Baltimore.
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Fleisher celebrates 80 years of music
Sun Music CriticLeon Fleisher will celebrate his 80th birthday this week doing two of his favorite things - playing the piano and conducting. Joining him onstage for an all-Mozart program will be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, which shares with Fleisher a long, strong...Tags: Peabody Conservatory, Marin Alsop, Classical Music, Academic Progress, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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Schedule highlights
Note: Events free. Other events take place on and off site. Go to artscape.org for more information. Music Main Stage1400 Cathedral St. at Mount Royal Avenue / National, international and regional artists. •4 p.m. Friday: Mia Miata, soul •...Tags: Joan Jett, Dancing, Dance, Music Theater, Paul Taylor
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A bigger canvas
Sun ReporterJudging urbanscapes by their appearances can be as misguided as judging books by their covers. Consider the slice of North Avenue between Charles and Howard streets. A cursory glance reveals several buildings that could use a few essentials, like, say,...Tags: Bolton Hill, Walt Disney World Resort, Charles Theatre, Station North, Mount Royal
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'Last Comic Standing' tour hits Baltimore in November
Reality CheckThe newest season has barely begun, but Last Comic Standing has already announced its fall tour dates. The live standup show will stop at the Lyric Opera House Nov. 2. (Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.)If you missed Thursday's season premiere,.... -
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Today Workplace communications workshop begins at 9:30 a.m. Learn to communicate effectively in interviews or on the job, Eastside Career Center, 3001 E. Madison St., Baltimore. Information: 410-396-9030. Tomorrow Job fair sponsored by Anne Arundel...Tags: Mount Royal, Linthicum
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Business Calendar
Monday Leading indicators for April Tuesday Producer prices for April Thursday Weekly jobless claims Friday April existing-home sales Logistics of Global Business a Greater Baltimore Committee business and professional development session, 7:30 a.m.,...Tags: Mount Royal, Towson University, Susan Gallagher, Towson
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A mostly lovely 'Madama Butterfly'
Sun Music CriticAlthough famously booed, hissed and cat-called at its premiere in February 1904, Puccini's Madama Butterfly took wing by May - after the composer made some revisions - and has flown unimpeded ever since, unaffected by changing times or attitudes. The...Tags: Classical Music, Music Theater
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For Wanda Sykes, stand-up is best
Sun ReporterWanda Sykes remembers those fun days back at the National Security Agency, a time filled with all the laughter and frivolity one would expect at the super-secret intelligence-gathering facility adjacent to Fort Meade. OK, that's a stretch. Truth is,...Tags: National Security, Fort Meade, Defense, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Chris Rock
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The Big Three
Psyched about Sykes Maryland native Wanda Sykes has won several Emmy Awards, appeared in My Super Ex-Girlfriend and Evan Almighty, and has lent her voice to such animated films as Over the Hedge and Barnyard. The comedian wrote for The Chris Rock Show...Tags: Jazz Music, Emmy Awards, Tourism and Leisure, Chris Rock, Mount Royal
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In Concert
TodayAt the Zoo, Stugottz, Rex Begonia, Sketch Gang // Recher Theatre, 512 York Road, Towson / 410-337-7210 or 410-547-7328 or ticketmaster.com. Erykah Badu // DAR Constitution Hall, 18th and D streets Northwest, Washington / 410-547-7328 or...Tags: Transportation, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Joan Osborne, Tourism and Leisure, Dancing
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