In what might be an example of prismatic partnerships, Friday’s premier of “A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness” at the Lyric Opera of Chicago radiates.

The new commission is inspired by the Smashing Pumpkins’ double album “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” and will mark its 30th anniversary. Founder, frontman and Grammy winner Billy Corgan has joined forces with his hometown’s opera company to create a new sonic and visual experience. His wife Chloe Mendel runs the House of Gilles with her father Gilles and the duo have created the wardrobe for the four performers and Morgan.

Adding another dimension to the creativity, the daughter-father duo are collaborating with Simon Ungless, whose career is linked to being a part of Lee Alexander McQueen’s original team. Now based

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