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 ...