"I am excited for both fans of my music and traditional opera fans to hear some truly inspired work," says Corgan.

Billy Corgan, the bold rocker of Smashing Pumpkins ... is tied to the 30th anniversary of the band’s third album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. This stage adaptation is billed as ...

A look at how Billy Corgan treated his fellow members of The Smashing Pumpkins and how ousting them, particularly drummer ...

Smashing Pumpkins mastermind Billy Corgan has teamed up with Lyric Opera of Chicago to turn Smashing Pumpkins' decade-defining double album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness into a whole opera.

You’ll hear Billy Corgan and special guest artists along with the epic sound of the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra and Chorus in a completely new, sonic and visual experience,” the description says.

The Smashing Pumpkins’ classic 1995 double-album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness is getting turned into an opera. Frontman Billy Corgan has announced his plans to celebrate the record’s ...

Smashing Pumpkins perform onstage at the Double Door, Chicago, Illinois, March 5, 1995. Pictured are, from left, D'Arcy ...

Smashing Pumpkins mainman Billy Corgan is taking his band's classic album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness to the opera in celebration of its 30th anniversary. The Lyric Opera in the band's ...

Billy Corgan (right) alongside John Mangum, general director, president and CEO of Lyric Opera of Chicago, speaks about his upcoming project “A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness” at ...

Billy Corgan has spent over three decades reshaping alternative rock, carving out a legacy as bold and uncompromising as his music. From the dreamy haze of Siamese Dream to the sprawling ambition of ...

(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) Billy Corgan, left, and avery r. young talk after introducing their new shows “A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness” and “safronia” on March 11 ...

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and wife Chloé Mendel Corgan have welcomed their third child, a baby daughter named ...