Performances

With compelling music and striking visuals, Lyric’s “Frida y Diego” makes for great theater–if not great opera

Was any artistic couple better suited to dramatic treatment than Diego […]

Mar 23, 2026
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Bach in the City resurrects a lost work with the “St. Mark Passion”

Few composers left a richer or more varied musical legacy than […]

Mar 21, 2026
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Elmhurst Symphony, Apollo Chorus provide consolatory Lenten spirit with “St. Matthew Passion”

The Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra and Apollo Chorus provided a timely space […]

Mar 17, 2026
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Directorial conceits undermine singers and Puccini in Lyric’s muddled VR “Butterfly”

Povero Butterfly. Povero Puccini. Trying to get a firm handle on […]

Mar 16, 2026
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Chicago Chorale shines brightly in a Thompson masterwork

Bruce Tammen led his penultimate program as artistic director of the […]

Mar 15, 2026
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Newberry Consort engagingly explores music & machines of the Renaissance

Concert programming is a subtle and often elusive art and no […]

Mar 14, 2026
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Hrůša returns and Andsnes shows Beethoven mastery with CSO

It was one year ago this month that Jakub Hrůša led […]

Mar 13, 2026
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Sinfonietta fetes Women’s History Month with dance, symphonic firsts

The Chicago Sinfonietta marked Women’s History Month with a program of […]

Mar 08, 2026
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A “Rite” to remember with Mäkelä, Chicago Symphony

Is anyone hurt? Such were one’s thoughts following the violent intensity […]

Mar 06, 2026
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COT does justice to a neglected Weill masterpiece in Chicago premiere

Der Silbersee (The Silver Lake) was the last work Kurt Weill […]

Mar 05, 2026
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