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Montgomery premiere upstages the showpieces at Harris Theater
Thanks, Lollapalooza. Every summer when Chicago’s pop music extravaganza moves into […]
Aug 05, 2023
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Grant Park Music Festival opens summer season in spirited fashion
Opening night of the Grant Park Music Festival always feels like […]
Jun 15, 2023
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Glover set to launch Music of the Baroque season with a Handel rarity
Thinking big hasn’t been easy for any arts organization in recent […]
Sep 15, 2022
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Grant Park Chorus celebrates 60 years with a program for a summer evening
It’s been a grand summer for choral singing in Chicago. The […]
Aug 05, 2022
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Pine, Grant Park Orchestra deliver a powerful local premiere for Childs concerto
There was no official announcement, but it was a de facto Rachel Barton […]
Jul 16, 2022
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Michelle Cann lights up Grant Park opener with Price concerto
Opening nights at the Grant Park Music Festival are usually high-spirited […]
Jun 16, 2022
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Apollo Chorus gives powerful advocacy to Garrop’s ecological oratorio
It was utterly appropriate that Mother Nature erupted noisily just before […]
Jun 14, 2022
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Chicago Chorale celebrates 20 years with a luminous, wide-ranging program
Surviving to celebrate a 20th anniversary is never guaranteed, especially for […]
Jun 12, 2022
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Jeannette Sorrell hopes to spark an abiding flame for Apollo’s Fire in Chicago
Thanks to mob action by an enthusiastic audience at a baroque […]
Oct 26, 2021
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Enrique Mazzola eager to finally take the Lyric Opera reins with “Macbeth”
For the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic, conductor Enrique […]
Sep 14, 2021
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