Archive for February, 2018
Love hurts in rare Newberry Consort misfire with Héloïse and Abélard program
The current Newberry Consort season might well have been inspired by […]
Feb 17, 2018
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Critic’s Choice
The Newberry Consort has come up with a typically thoughtful concept […]
Feb 15, 2018
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Tenor Prégardien to light a path through Schubert’s darkest lieder
Christoph Prégardien is on a rare American tour, which will bring […]
Feb 13, 2018
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COT scores with the unsettling, darkly brilliant “Elizabeth Cree”
If asked where all the great opera composers are today, one […]
Feb 11, 2018
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Pianist Choi brings illumination to IPO’s blackout night
The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra’s first concert of 2018 was entitled “Expect […]
Feb 11, 2018
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Evanston Chamber Opera debuts with a lightweight lighthouse premiere
It’s a testament to the richness of musical activity in Chicagoland […]
Feb 10, 2018
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Critic’s Choice
American opera continues to be MIA on the main stage of […]
Feb 09, 2018
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COT to take a walk on the Gothic side with “Elizabeth Cree”
On some level, every opera is a fantasy. After all, most […]
Feb 07, 2018
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A trio of rarities, Italian favorites and the Ring continues in Lyric Opera’s 2018-19 season
Two works new to Chicago, a popular tenor in a long-awaited […]
Feb 06, 2018
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Inspired cast delivers the vocal thrills in Lyric’s picturesque “Puritani”
With an intermittently raging snowstorm in downtown Chicago on Sunday, one […]
Feb 05, 2018
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