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Siobhan Stagg as Lucette (Cendrillon) performs in a dress rehearsal Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 of Massenet's "Cendrillon" at the Lyric Opera. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Lyric Opera review: A magical, mystical view of ‘Cendrillon’

May 8, 2019 at 10:45 a.m.

The story of Cinderella courses through the arts, but rarely more bewitchingly than in Jules Massenet’s opera “Cendrillon.” Its elves, sprites and Fairy Godmother weave their spells through the magic...

CSO review: Two principal players step into the spotlight

May 8, 2019 at 10:45 a.m.

The music world long has recognized the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as a pre-eminent ensemble, but not always the individuals who make it so. Two of them stepped boldly into the...

Tammy McCann performing at the Pritzker Pavilion during the Chicago Jazz Festival last summer: A singular voice.

Singer Tammy McCann swings in the holidays

May 8, 2019 at 10:44 a.m.

If you’re wondering why you haven’t seen a lot of Chicago singer Tammy McCann lately, there’s a very good reason: She has been jetting around the planet. Performances in Bangkok,...

Alligator Records founder Bruce Iglauer poses in his office recently in the Rogers Park neighborhood. (Chris Walker/baiduhai)

Alligator Records boss Bruce Iglauer finally tells the story behind the legendary Chicago blues label

May 8, 2019 at 10:45 a.m.

Nearly half a century ago, an open-eared young man who grew up in Michigan and Ohio found his way to the South Side of Chicago and was shaken by what...

Eddie C. Campbell sang ferociously at the opening of Bob's Blues & Jazz Mart in 2016.

Eddie C. Campbell, a master of West Side blues, dies at 79

May 8, 2019 at 10:44 a.m.

Chicago bluesman Eddie C. Campbell wasn’t as widely celebrated as some of his West Side colleagues, such as Magic Sam and Luther Allison. But considering that at age 12 Campbell...

It’s a great weekend for jazz singing, from Alyssa Allgood to Dee Alexander

May 8, 2019 at 10:44 a.m.

Chicagoans who love jazz singing have a great deal to give thanks for this holiday weekend, with several distinctive vocalists taking our stages: Alyssa Allgood. A fast-rising Chicago singer, Allgood...

Patrons watch Patricia Barber perform at the Green Mill Jazz Club earlier this year.

The thrills and chills of covering jazz and classical music

May 8, 2019 at 10:44 a.m.

“It must be soooooo different!!!!” That’s what many readers, friends and, yes, even colleagues have been saying to me since last summer, when I added classical music to my decades-long...

Russell Thomas, standing, plays Manrico and Artur Rucinski, kneeling, plays Count di Luna during a dress rehearsal of a Lyric Opera of Chicago production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Il trovatore" at the Civic Opera House in Chicago on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.

Lyric review: A boldly sung revival of Verdi’s ‘Il Trovatore’

May 8, 2019 at 10:44 a.m.

The three stellar performances that drive Lyric Opera’s staging of “Il Trovatore,” which opened Saturday night, remind us that Verdi packed more sublime melodies into this work than other composers...

Conductor Thomas Sondergard and pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk conveyed both power and subtlety with Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Thursday evening.

CSO review: Two strong debuts in epic Russian scores

May 8, 2019 at 10:44 a.m.

At first hearing, the two musicians who made their Chicago Symphony Orchestra debuts on Thursday night might not have seemed well poised for collaboration. Ukrainian-born pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk addressed the...

Opera Atelier brings a new-old approach to Chicago debut

May 8, 2019 at 10:44 a.m.

Chicagoans encounter opera in many forms, from traditional to novel to historical re-creation. But the company that makes its Chicago debut Thursday night at the Harris Theater will present something...

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