Archive for August, 2009

Fine cast, glitzy production provide mixed rewards in Santa Fe’s “Alceste”

SANTA FE: In addition to offering the most unique setting for opera performance in North America, Santa Fe Opera is…

Aug 03, 2009
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Public and private Shostakovich both given their due at Ravinia

The private and the public Dmitri Shostakovich were juxtaposed Saturday evening in an all-Shostakovich program at Ravinia that…

Aug 02, 2009
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Kalmar, Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus scale the heavens in Elgar’s “Gerontius”

The Grant Park Music Festival has served up so many memorable evenings this summer, it’s become a pattern, appealing in…

Aug 01, 2009
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August Events

August 25

Zuill Bailey, cellist
Simone Dinnerstein, pianist
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos 1-5
8 p.m. Ravinia/Martin Theater
www.ravinia.org; 847-266-5100

Aug 01, 2009
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