Lyric's 'Faust' a logical next step for American tenor Marcus Haddock.(Time Out!)(Classical music)

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Byline: Bill Gowen For American tenor Marcus Haddock, Lyric Opera of Chicago is a logical next stop for one of the most in-demand operatic voices of his generation. Haddock's burgeoning international career has already taken him to nearly every important opera house in the world, so the Lyric found in the Texas native the ideal Faust for its new production of Charles Gounod's well-known opera.

And why not? New York's Metropolitan Opera chose "Faust" for Haddock's critically acclaimed debut there earlier this year. It's been quite an artistic journey for the son of a Baptist minister, whose career choice made an interesting turn when he was barely 20. "I grew up singing in the church, but I actually wanted to be a doctor," Haddock said. "I wanted to...