Chicago Classical Review

Spring music festivals can be invigorating, especially in a city like Chicago where winters seem to last…

No doubt about it, the singers taking over the leads in Lyric Opera’s production of La Boheme this month are…

Paul Lewis did not enjoy prodigy-like acclaim as a young musician. Yet perhaps it is his relatively late start and…

Quick, which local opera company is opening a three-year survey of American works with a Chicago premiere by Philip Glass;…

SAD—Talk about misleading monograms.

Technically, the initials Lyric Opera of Chicago staffers use in e-mails and internal memos to identify…

In 1984, a 25-year-old cellist named Steven Isserlis recorded his first album, the two Brahms cello sonatas with pianist Peter…

Giacomo Puccini’s beloved tale of love and tuberculosis among the young artists of 19th-century Paris returns to…

1. Chicago Chorale in Shchedrin’s The Sealed Angel

The Chicago Chorale is not a high-profile presence on the local music…

The International Contemporary Ensemble has never been afraid of thinking big. Plans now in the works include satellite locations, commissions…

What is it with Austrian conductors and American music?

One of the most laudable elements of Carlos Kalmar’s success at…