Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie is getting turned into an opera

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 30th anniversary with the help of hometown company Lyric Opera Of Chicago. The November events – which are dubbed A Night Of Mellon Collie And Infinite Sadness – will feature Billy himself along with special guest artists and the Lyric Opera Of Chicago Orchestra And Chorus, and they promise that the whole thing will be “a completely new, sonic and visual experience”.

“Whether you love the Pumpkins and are excited to hear their music in a sumptuous new dimension, or you simply crave the opportunity to hear a new work inspired by the unexpected, this promises to be one of the can’t-miss cultural collaborations of the season,” reads the blurb.

Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday, April 11. See the singer talking about it all below:

UK fans can catch Billy and co. at the following dates this summer:

The Smashing Pumpkins Aghori tour 2025

August

10 London Gunnersbury Park
12 Halifax TK Maxx Presents Live At The Piece Hall
13 Scarborough TK Maxx Presents Open Air Theatre
14 Colchester Castle Summer Series

Get your tickets now.

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