Chicago Classical Review

Last fall at the Harris Theater, the young American conductor Kazem Abdullah led a group of Brazilians through rehearsal like…

Sometimes the stars actually do align, and the right people are in the right place at the right time.…

Why seven performances instead of ten? Well, Chicago Classical Review was not around for the first four months of 2009,…

   It was a late Tuesday morning last month, and, according to Nicholas Kraemer’s body clock, he should…

With the possible exception of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, few of the greatest works in that genre are as…

        If Sondra Radvanovsky ever wanted to pull a demanding diva act, now would be the time.

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For most opera companies their first season, is, well, their first season.

But for Chicago Opera Vanguard, the…

     Chicago opera lovers caught their first glimpse of Russian tenor Vladimir Galouzine nine years ago on a…

The fall music season effectively gets underway next Sunday when the Chicago Chamber Musicians open their 23^rd season…

 With DVD, Otello finally has the right medium to appreciate Verdi’s masterpiece in all its rich detail and full glory. An…