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

Smashing Pumpkins released their third studio album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness in October 1995. It became the most successful album of their career, topping the Billboard 200 Albums chart ...

Now, frontman Billy Corgan is teaming up with Lyric Opera of Chicago to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary. It's a prospect Corgan didn't really see coming. "Along the way, different people ...

The Lyric Opera of Chicago just announced its 2025-26 season, including two new shows by Chicago pioneers: Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan and Chicago Poet Laureate avery r. young.

Billy Corgan is teaming with the Lyric Opera to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Smashing Pumpkins’ epic double LP ...

November will see three performances of Carl Orff’s cantata “Carmina Burana” (Nov. 14-18) and the world premiere of a new “alt rock opera” penned by Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins ...

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

Billy Corgan, the bold rocker of Smashing Pumpkins fame, is entering his opera era. Corgan will stage a world-premiere show at Lyric Opera of Chicago in November. The new project, announced ...

and to discover how Lyric’s full operatic treatment is helping me experience my own compositions in powerful new ways,” Billy Corgan said in a statement. “Opera and rock both tell stories of ...

Smashing Pumpkins perform onstage at the Double Door, Chicago, Illinois, March 5, 1995. Pictured are, from left, D'Arcy ...