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[[File:Civic Opera House 060528.jpg|thumb|Exterior of the Civic Opera Building, which contains within it theaters and related space for the opera, as well as an office building]]
'''Lyric Opera of Chicago''' is an American [[opera]] company based in [[Chicago]], Illinois.  The company was founded in [[Chicago]] in 1954, under the name 'Lyric Theatre of Chicago' by [[Carol Fox (Chicago opera)|Carol Fox]], [[Nicola Rescigno]] and Lawrence Kelly, with a season that included [[Maria Callas]]'s American debut in ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]''.  Fox re-organized the company in 1956 under its present name.  Lyric is housed in a theater and related spaces in the [[Civic Opera Building]].  These spaces are now owned by Lyric.