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

In 1995, The Smashing Pumpkins released Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts and catapulted The Smashing Pumpkins into international success.

The Lyric Opera of Chicago laid out its 2025-26 season at a presentation at the Civic Opera House on Tuesday, the first season to be announced under the direction of John Mangum, Lyric’s newly ...

There was a period where I completely resisted nostalgia, and I was punished for it,” The Smashing Pumpkins frontman says.

Corgan, special guests, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra and Chorus will transform the album into a new sonic and visual experience later this year. Titled A Night of Mellon Collie and ...

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 ...

CHICAGO — The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025-26 season will include five productions that first appeared elsewhere and one revival, all picked by the previous general director, Anthony Freud.

Billy Corgan’s band produced classics in the 1990s, but the dawn of the 21st century turned them into an experimental and ...

The rocker said daughter Juno Corgan was born on Tuesday (March 18). Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan and wife Chloé Mendel welcomed their third child on Tuesday (March 18). The couple ...

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

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

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.