Nothing in Lyric Opera’s searing production of Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s The Passenger is more dramatic than the cover of the program, with its strip of three photos of writer Zofia Posmycz, whose novel was the opera’s inspiration.
In the mid-1960s a Russian translation of the novel made its way to that country’s preeminent composer, Dmitri Shostakovich, who passed it on to Weinberg, his friend and protege, with the advice that he should make it into an opera.
Performances continue through March 15.
Through 3/15: Sat 2/28, Wed 3/4, and Mon 3/9, 7:30 PM, Thu 3/12 and Sun 3/15, 2 PM Civic Opera House 20 N. Wacker 312-332-2244lyricopera.org $20-$369
