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Lucas Meachem, as Don Giovanni, performs during a dress rehearsal of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" at Lyric Opera.

Lyric Opera review: A ‘Don Giovanni’ for the #MeToo era — who is far more monster than charmer

November 15, 2019 at 9:23 a.m.

Lest anyone think Mozart's "Don Giovanni" is an anachronism in our #MeToo age, Lyric Opera's production – which opened Thursday night – argues sharply to the contrary. For though the...

Cynthia Erivo attends SAG-AFTRA Foundation's 2019 Patron of the Artists Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. She will appear at Ravinia next summer.

Ravinia to celebrate Itzhak Perlman, Beethoven and 19th Amendment

November 13, 2019 at 9:03 a.m.

Violinist Itzhak Perlman's 75th birthday, conductor Christoph Eschenbach's 80th and Beethoven's 250th will be stage center when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra plays the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park next summer....

Joan Curto, seen in 2017, has conceived a "Chicago Celebrates Sondheim!" show featuring some of Chicago's best singers.

Chicago’s top singers prepare to celebrate Sondheim

November 12, 2019 at 2:20 p.m.

The trouble with putting on a concert devoted to music of Stephen Sondheim is that he has written so much of it — and at a remarkably high level. Moreover,...

Karen Mason’s Metropolis show postponed

November 12, 2019 at 2:03 p.m.

Singer Karen Mason's Nov. 14 show at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights has been postponed. Doctors told Mason not to fly for at least a week due...

Karen Mason, shown in 2017, will take on the gritty tunes of Kander and Ebb at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights.

Cabaret diva Karen Mason takes on Kander and Ebb’s ‘All That Jazz’ and more

November 12, 2019 at 1:51 p.m.

UPDATE: Karen Mason's Nov. 14 show at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights has been postponed. Doctors told Karen Mason not to fly for at least a week...

Joe Segal, shown in 2016: The jazz world will pay tribute to him at the Studebaker Theater.

Top jazz musicians join forces to pay tribute to impresario Joe Segal

November 12, 2019 at 11:29 a.m.

It would be impossible for the jazz community in Chicago — and beyond — to repay impresario Joe Segal for all he has contributed to the music. Having started by...

Conductor Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Chorus in Verdi's "Requiem" at Symphony Center in Chicago on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.

CSO chorus, management reach tentative contract agreement

November 6, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association and the Chicago Symphony Chorus have reached a tentative agreement for a new five-year contract, according to the CSOA and the American Guild of Musical...

Wynton Marsalis with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, shown in Orchestra Hall in 2016.

Back from South Africa, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra gears up for Chicago

November 6, 2019 at 2:07 p.m.

It practically has become a cultural rite in Chicago: Every year or so, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis returns here, often performing two nights in Orchestra...

Lyric Opera review: ‘Dead Man Walking’ powerfully probes guilt and redemption

November 3, 2019 at 10:37 a.m.

Why does "Dead Man Walking" stand as the most celebrated American opera of the 21st century? Not simply because it examines a story already made famous by Sister Helen Prejean's...

Composer Bernard Rands' accepts ovations in Orchestra Hall following the world premiere of his "DREAM" for Orchestra.

CSO review: Bernard Rands’ ‘DREAM’ in gripping world premiere

November 2, 2019 at 9:24 a.m.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Bernard Rands go back a long way. For Rands served as the Philadelphia Orchestra's composer-in-residence from 1989-1996, his tenure...

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