#mcis 30

As an old I have embraced that my favorite albums are now celebrating anniversaries older than the age I was when I bought those albums. When Billy Corgan announced this series of shows celebrating 30 years of MCIS, I knew I had to make one of those shows work because I could already hear the dramatics of this album reimagined as an opera. The whole experience did not disappoint.

A Night of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Lyric Opera House

Chicago IL

11/29/25

Act One:

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Tonight, Tonight

Jellybelly

Galapogos

Thirty-Three

Beautiful

Muzzle

Lily (My One and Only)

Stumbleine

Thru the Eyes of Ruby

Act Two:

In the Arms of Sleep

1979

By Starlight

X.Y.U.

Bullet With Butterfly Wings

To Forgive

Cupid de Locke

Porcelina of the Vast Oceans

Tonight, Tonight

Everything about this performance was perfection. From incorporating the album art to the stage design, the Chicago themed visualizations, and even the costuming, it just perfectly matched MCIS reimagined as an opera. BC only came out to sing for Thirty-Three, 1979 and the reprise of Tonight Tonight which I thought was so great. Hearing the lyrics OPERATICALLY sang by other vocalists just blew me away. Galapogos into Thirty-Three just about killed me, I absolutely cried it was so beautiful. And MUZZLE! My favorite non-single of this album mostly because of the lyrics.