abstract:Ardis Joan Krainik (March 8, 1929 – January 18, 1997)Ardis Krainik, 67, Dies; Directed Lyric Opera of Chicago (The New York Times) was an American mezzo-soprano opera singer who was the general director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago for 15 years.Ardis Joan Krainik and the Lyric Opera (The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago)