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How the Smashing Pumpkins’ “Mellon Collie” album became an opera

How the Smashing Pumpkins’ “Mellon Collie” album became an opera

Update: 2025-11-20
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Thirty years ago, The Smashing Pumpkins released “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.”

Now, frontman Billy Corgan is celebrating the double album with a symphonic version at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

HOST: LANE
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How the Smashing Pumpkins’ “Mellon Collie” album became an opera

How the Smashing Pumpkins’ “Mellon Collie” album became an opera