Archive for January, 2010
Tenor makes impressive debut in Lyric’s second-cast Tosca
The Lyric Opera opened the season with a starry yet lackluster Tosca last fall, undone by an over-parted…
Jan 10, 2010
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Winter Chamber Music Festival opens with wide-ranging program
Play the Clarinet Quartet No. 3 by Bernhard Henrik Crusell as a blind test, telling listeners it’s…
Jan 09, 2010
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Baroque Band pays homage to Pergolesi with a moving “Stabat Mater”
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) died of consumption when he was just 26 years old, leaving only a slim…
Jan 09, 2010
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Boulez, CSO open year with compelling Bartok and ravishing Ravel
Perhaps it was the tough weather or a Chicago Symphony Orchestra program dominated by rarities, or both, that accounted…
Jan 08, 2010
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CSO to mark Boulez’s 85th birthday in style
Sometimes the stars actually do align, and the right people are in the right place at the right time.…
Jan 07, 2010
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Strauss salute leads off new year in Viennese style
The start of a new year—a time for taking stock and fresh beginnings, renewed vows to lose weight,…
Jan 04, 2010
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