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Muti, CSO at their best in a silver-screen night of showpieces with Golijov premiere 

Riccardo Muti clearly is enjoying his late-career residencies as music director […]

Nov 09, 2024
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Cummings brings fresh vitality to rarities in auspicious MOB debut

No, that wasn’t one of Charles Ives’ cacophonous aural landscapes that […]

Oct 29, 2024
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Bella Voce illuminates with vocal rarities from New Spain

Bella Voce began its 42nd season over the weekend with an […]

Oct 06, 2024
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Dance and voice contrast affectingly in Chicago a cappella’s “Lamentations”

Chicago a cappella’s artistic enterprise has taken the vocal ensemble and […]

Sep 28, 2024
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Meyers’ Mexican fiddle showpiece spices humdrum Grant Park program

The central takeaway from the third and final program of Ludovic […]

Jul 04, 2024
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“Manon Lescaut” proves a Puccini bridge too far for Opera Festival of Chicago

Over the last few years the Opera Festival of Chicago has […]

Jun 28, 2024
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Haymarket Opera triumphs with exciting account of Handel’s “Resurrezione”

Haymarket Opera Company has been on a Handelian roll since its […]

Jun 15, 2024
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Music of the Baroque wraps season in varied, spirited fashion under Quigley  

Music of the Baroque began life in 1971 as a professional […]

May 14, 2024
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Bella Voce brings fascinating early rarities out of the shadows

Every so often, Bella Voce takes a deep dive into worthy […]

Apr 28, 2024
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Apollo’s Fire wraps season with lively jam session of Spanish early music

The Cleveland-based baroque band Apollo’s Fire brought its third season of […]

Mar 25, 2024
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