Archive for 2012
Lyric Opera serves up a delightful “Don Pasquale”
It’s not difficult to figure out why Don Pasquale is receiving […]
Nov 25, 2012
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Music of the Baroque presents a varied and engaging Bach program
Given Johann Sebastian Bach’s towering presence in the baroque world, any […]
Nov 20, 2012
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La Jolla Quartet offers a pleasing program at Mandel Hall
Exceptional playing at the service of some unusual chamber pieces highlighted […]
Nov 18, 2012
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Chicago Chorale delivers transcendent performance of Russian rarity
Rodion Shchedrin is known, if at all these days, for antic […]
Nov 17, 2012
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Lyric Opera chorus master quits
Martin Wright, chorus master of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, has […]
Nov 17, 2012
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Dal Niente showcases Israeli composer’s eruptive music
Evanston was the place to be for contemporary music fans over […]
Nov 17, 2012
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Cage Festival opens with chiseled and luminous piano and choral works
Maybe it’s an exaggeration to say that if composer John Cage […]
Nov 16, 2012
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Young Russian brings fresh illumination to Tchaikovsky with CSO
“He’s only 21,” said one of the five hundred students in […]
Nov 15, 2012
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From Beethoven to Holst, Chicago Master Singers present an array of sacred music
To be noticed in Chicago’s sprawling classical scene, dominated by a […]
Nov 13, 2012
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Muddled Massenet: Directorial excess fatally undermines a fine cast in Lyric Opera’s “Werther”
Pauvre Massenet. The Lyric Opera of Chicago launched its first production […]
Nov 12, 2012
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