Chicago Opera Theater S Gory And Good Elizabeth Cree

 Here’s a prediction: if you’ve read Peter Ackroyd’s 1995 Victorian Gothic novel The Trial of Elizabeth Cree, you’ll be fascinated by Chicago Opera Theater’s world premiere coproduction with Opera Philadelphia of Elizabeth Cree, an adaptation of the book by composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell.

    A word of warning: Sweeney Todd will come to mind, but this is even darker.  Don’t bring the kids.