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The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s storied history is made all the more fascinating by the fact that it ...
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Feb 15, 2010
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The Lyric Opera of Chicago announced its 2010-2011 lineup Tuesday, which adroitly mixes populist repertory with less-often-heard works ...
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Jan 26, 2010
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Last fall at the Harris Theater, the young American conductor Kazem Abdullah led a group of Brazilians through ...
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Jan 13, 2010
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Sometimes the stars actually do align, and the right people are in the right place at the right ...
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Jan 07, 2010
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Why seven performances instead of ten? Well, Chicago Classical Review was not around for the first four months ...
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Dec 20, 2009
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It was a late Tuesday morning last month, and, according to Nicholas Kraemer’s body clock, he should ...
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Dec 08, 2009
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With the possible exception of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, few of the greatest works in that genre are as ...
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Nov 11, 2009
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If Sondra Radvanovsky ever wanted to pull a demanding diva act, now would be the time.
The ...
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Oct 21, 2009
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For most opera companies their first season, is, well, their first season.
But for Chicago Opera Vanguard, the street-theater ...
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Oct 15, 2009
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Chicago opera lovers caught their first glimpse of Russian tenor Vladimir Galouzine nine years ago on a ...
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Sep 24, 2009
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