The move was the culmination of a successful campaign by former BSO music director Sergiu Comissiona and others to build an exclusive home for the symphony, and it left the Lyric without a resident orchestra for the first time in 66 years. * Twelve years ago, it lost its main tenant - and in many respects, its reason for being - when the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra moved two blocks away to the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The Lyric has weathered rough times, and more could lie ahead: If no one at the Lyric is taking particular note of the past, foundation members are clearly focused on its future. 31 will be just another date on the Lyric's calendar, an off-night between two shows. But they decided to wait until midway through the 100th year, when they can unveil a mural that is being installed in the upper lobby.
Members of the Lyric Foundation, the nonprofit group that operates the building, talked about holding a reception to mark the milestone. This year, there might have been a week of festivities to mark the end of the Lyric's first century, and to look ahead to the next. Given such an illustrious history, these should be the best of times for the music hall, Baltimore's oldest continuously operating public theater - and one of the oldest in the country.įor the 75th anniversary, the Boston Symphony returned and performed the same concert it did on opening night. If it weren't here, I don't know what people in Howard County or Baltimore County or Carroll County would be doing. Adds Harold Manekin, past chairman of the Lyric board: "There's nothing to compare with in the state.
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