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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: Lyric’s outgoing director Anthony Freud wants opera to be more radical
Description: Anthony Freud, who has led Chicago’s Lyric Opera since 2011, is retiring this summer.
The Lyric, like opera companies across the country, faces big challenges, like fewer subscribers … and a need to diversify the artform.
But Freud is hopeful. Before his departure, he gave WBEZ’s Courtney Kueppers a tour of the Lyric’s massive downtown building and shared what opera needs to do to stay relevant.
Host: Mary Dixon