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

Pumpkins' lead singer Billy Corgan will be joined by Lyric's orchestra, chorus and as a group of operatically trained ...

Smashing Pumpkins mastermind Billy Corgan has teamed up with Lyric Opera of Chicago to turn Smashing Pumpkins' ...

The Lyric Opera of Chicago laid out its 2026-26 season at a presentation at the Civic Opera House on Tuesday, the first ...

Smashing Pumpkins mainman Billy Corgan is taking his band's classic album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness to the opera ...

The premiere this November at Chicago’s Lyric Opera will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the sweeping album Mellon Collie ...

Billy Corgan has spent over three decades reshaping alternative rock, carving out a legacy as bold and uncompromising as his ...

Billy Corgan is celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness with ...

For the classic album’s 30th anniversary, Billy Corgan has announced that he’s giving The Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness the opera treatment in Chicago.

You’ll hear Billy Corgan and special guest artists along with the epic sound of the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra and ...

The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025-26 season will include five productions that first appeared elsewhere and one revival, all ...

and the world premiere of a new “alt rock opera” penned by Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins fame, titled “A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness” (Nov. 21-30). Corgan was in the ...