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Haymarket Opera opens season with Chicago debut of an excavated “Ester”
Around this time in Chicago, each year, a small miracle occurs: […]
Mar 29, 2025
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Lakeview Orchestra has a rough and fitfully ready outing with conductor Koo
The Lakeview Orchestra returned to the Athenaeum Theatre in typically admirable […]
Feb 17, 2025
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Music of the Baroque serves up a festive, eclectic Brass and Choral program
After a memorable start to what is shaping up to being […]
Dec 21, 2024
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Apollo’s Fire soloists provide transcendent moments in “Messiah”
On Sunday night, Apollo’s Fire rekindled its annual Messiah tradition presenting […]
Dec 16, 2024
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Axiom Brass serves up a varied array of new music at Epiphany
The long-running Chicago Composers’ Collective wrapped their 2024 season on Thursday […]
May 24, 2024
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EcoVoice Project, Loyola forces make musical plea for climate awareness
For centuries, musicians and theologians have viewed the wonder of the […]
Apr 22, 2024
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Two fine fiddlers spark Bella Voce Sinfonia’s belated spotlight debut
A spring thaw may be coming to Chicago at last. A […]
Mar 24, 2024
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Fine cast brings warmth, youthful spirit to Northwestern’s traditional “Hänsel und Gretel”
Opera with an edge may be all the rage these days, […]
Feb 23, 2024
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Sinfonietta marks MLK Day with a joyous musical celebration
The Chicago Sinfonietta upheld one of its integral annual customs despite […]
Jan 15, 2024
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Bella Voce gets a jump on season with a trim and spirited “Messiah”
Bella Voce may be among the first institutions to present Handel’s […]
Nov 22, 2023
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