Archive for October, 2013

Mälkki shows her mastery in return to CSO

With recent disparaging comments in the news from some noted Russian […]

Oct 19, 2013
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Critic’s Choice

Chicago concertgoers know Michael Tilson Thomas as a popular Chicago Symphony […]

Oct 18, 2013
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Lyric Opera’s low-voltage “Butterfly” fails to take wing

One had high hopes for the Lyric Opera of Chicago revival […]

Oct 16, 2013
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Cellist Queyras offers an elegant, genuinely solo recital at Logan Center

The program presented by cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras Tuesday night at the […]

Oct 16, 2013
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Tenor Nicholas Phan to fete composer at UC Presents’ Britten Festival

Nicholas Phan has made the music of Benjamin Britten one of […]

Oct 14, 2013
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Denk traverses “Goldberg” Variations with freshness and humor

The sheer familiarity of Bach’s Goldberg Variations is a curse and […]

Oct 14, 2013
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Ned Rorem’s 90th birthday observed in style at Northwestern

A program of surprising pleasures closed the micro-festival of music by […]

Oct 12, 2013
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Muti, CSO mark Verdi’s 200th with a volatile and dramatic Requiem

With all the hype and media attention over Thursday’s concert of […]

Oct 11, 2013
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Struckmann return boosts Lyric Opera’s “Otello”

The return of Falk Struckmann Wednesday night provided a welcome boost […]

Oct 10, 2013
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Critic’s Choice

Today is the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth and, if […]

Oct 10, 2013
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