It might have been easy even with a lesser production to please the nearly full house attendees were almost giddy with the Lyric’s return to live performance after an 18-month pandemic hiatus, and with the debut of Enrique Mazzola as music director. There have been few works of literature more apt for adaptation to opera: A story of monstrous ambition, atrocious murders, treason and betrayal, descent to madness, and bloody revenge-with its narrative driven by the premonitions of witches-Macbeth is pretty much opera maximus.

Lyric Opera of Chicago opened its 2021-22 comeback season September 17 with Giuseppe Verdi’s 1847 interpretation of William Shakespeare’s 1606 play Macbeth. Photo by Ken Howard/Lyric Opera of Chicago

If you're planning to watch a broadway show, you can book your tickets from the official website.Ambition monsters Macbeth (Craig Colclough) and Lady Macbeth (Sandra Radvanovsky) after their murder of King Duncan, setting off a chain of carnage that ultimately destroys them. Both fans of Harry Potter and casual theatregoers alike have made the show a blockbuster in London and the same results are expected for its Broadway production. Lyric Theater is currently home to the Olivier-winner Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in its Broadway debut.If a private theatre viewing experience suits your fancy, there are additional seats available at the boxes on either side of the dress circle and the balcony.With a seat count of only 350 seats, this is the smallest section in the theatre and also the furthest away from the stage. The final primary section of the Lyric theatre is the balcony.The dress circle is the second largest section and also happens to be the first of the two elevated seating sections.The orchestra section accounts for over 60% of the total seats in the theatre with an official count of 1100 seats. Additional seats are available in the box seats. There are three primary seating sections in the theatre, namely orchestra, dress circle and balcony.

With 1930 seats in total, the Lyric Theater is the second largest theatre on Broadway.

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