CHICAGO CRUSADER — “The Barber of Seville” (Barber) is an opera that was composed in 1816 by Gioachino Rossini, but the storyline could just as well have been written 200 years later. The Lyric Opera of Chicago (20 N. Wacker Drive) opened its 65th season in grand form, with a Lyric favorite, Lawrence Brownlee, in one of the leading roles.
