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
at 10:55 am
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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
at 10:59 am
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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
at 10:26 am
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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
at 12:51 pm
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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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