The Wall Street Journal recently reviewed Bel Canto, the new opera by Jimmy Lopez and librettist Nilo Cruz. Duane Schuler's lighting for the first new opera by Lyric Opera Chicago in 10 years received a positive review.
"David Korin's set, an elegant room with a double staircase, tall windows, and a massive chandelier, suggested how grandeur can become claustrophic confinement...Duane Schuler's lighting painted the different moods, from the brilliance of the party to the bleached exhaustion of the long siege. Constance Hoffman's costumes evoked the period and gradual commingling of identity of captors and captives, while Greg Emetaz's projections of stars, forests, and city lights subtly communicated both dreams and reailty."