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Muti, CSO serve up graceful mix of Stravinsky, Brahms, and Spanish guitar
For his final Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts of 2025, Riccardo Muti […]
Nov 07, 2025
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Two top tenors ignite Lyric’s “Cav & Pag” in a double bill to die for
An 11-inning final game of the World Series can be exciting, […]
Nov 02, 2025
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Muti returns to lead fresh, rewarding Hindemith, Dvořák with CSO
Sold-out concerts at Orchestra Hall may be rarities these days. But […]
Oct 31, 2025
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Winberg to step down as CEO of Grant Park Music Festival
It is the end of an era for the Grant Park […]
Oct 29, 2025
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A retrenching IPO opens with mixed evening of Beethoven
One year ago the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra kicked off its season […]
Oct 26, 2025
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CSO serves up a lean and bracing blast of Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky was as stylistically restless as he was brilliant. This […]
Oct 24, 2025
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November 20
Lyric OperaMascagni: Cavalleria rusticanaLeoncavallo: PagliacciYulia Matochkina, SeokJong Baek, Quinn Kelsey, Lauren […]
Oct 22, 2025
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Belcea Quartet delivers world-class artistry for UChicago Presents series
The world’s greatest chamber groups always make one feel that whatever […]
Oct 18, 2025
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Mäkelä returns to CSO for a brilliant and blazing night of Berlioz
The burgeoning partnership of Klaus Mäkelä and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra […]
Oct 17, 2025
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Revenge is merciless yet vocally thrilling in Lyric Opera’s “Medea”
And you think your ex is crazy. How about a divorced […]
Oct 12, 2025
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