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Guerrero, GPO, and Imani Winds serve up variety, celebrate women

After a (literally) stormy start to the Grant Park Music Festival’s […]

Jun 26, 2025
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Director’s muddled “Poppea” staging does no favors for Northwestern singers

Perhaps all is not fair in love and war, after all. […]

Jun 02, 2025
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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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