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

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

Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan and wife Chloé Mendel welcomed their third child, daughter Juno, on Tuesday (March 18).

A look at how Billy Corgan treated his fellow members of The Smashing Pumpkins and how ousting them, particularly drummer ...

Smashing Pumpkins mastermind Billy Corgan has teamed up with Lyric Opera of Chicago to turn Smashing Pumpkins' decade-defining double album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness into a whole opera.

(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) Billy Corgan, left, and avery r. young talk after introducing their new shows “A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness” and “safronia” on March 11 ...

In 1995, The Smashing Pumpkins released Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness ... Pumpkins into international success. Now, frontman Billy Corgan is teaming up with Lyric Opera of Chicago ...

The Lyric Opera of Chicago laid out its 2025-26 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 in celebration of its 30th anniversary. The Lyric Opera in the band's ...

The rocker said daughter Juno Corgan was born on Tuesday (March 18 ... anniversary of the Pumpkins’ landmark double-album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness with an event he’s calling ...