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REVIEW: New Lyric music director Mazzola brings early Verdi to life in strong, lovely ‘Luisa Miller’ By Crista Zivanovic Contributor For anyone who thinks they don’t like or understand opera, “Luisa Miller,” an early opera by the famous and prolific composer Giuseppe Verdi, offers a chance to experience what all the fuss is about. Better-known Verdi operas are “La Traviata,” “Rigoletto,” and “Aida.” Not seen on Chicago’s Lyric Opera stage since 1982, this superb new-to-Chicago production has it all — meddling helicopter parents who interfere in their children’s lives to deadly effect; treachery, jealousy, sacrifice, blackmail — and poison;...