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Amber Wagner as Turandot and Stefano La Colla as Calaf during a dress rehearsal for the Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of Puccini's "Turandot."

Magic is missing from Lyric Opera’s hand-me-down ‘Turandot’

May 13, 2019 at 2:13 p.m.

“Turandot,” Puccini’s unfinished valedictory to the stage, is an elaborate operatic fairy tale. But for fairy tales to really work, there must be magic and mystery the audience can believe...

The Ravinia Festival has severed ties with James Levine, shown here leading the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the festival in August 2017.

Ravinia Festival cuts all ties with former music director James Levine over sexual misconduct allegations

May 13, 2019 at 2:13 p.m.

The Ravinia Festival, where James Levine served as music director for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s summer residencies from 1973 to 1993, has severed all ties with the famed conductor amid...

Conductor James Levine directs the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia Festival in Highland Park in August 2017.

Met suspends famed conductor James Levine; Ravinia, CSO wait for investigations over alleged sexual misconduct

May 13, 2019 at 2:13 p.m.

Both the Ravinia Festival and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are withholding comment over allegations of sexual misconduct by famed conductor James Levine, pending the outcome of ongoing investigations by authorities...

Conductor John Storgards leads members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra during a performance at Symphony Center on Nov. 30, 2017.

Finnish conductor Storgards proves the real deal in his CSO podium debut

May 13, 2019 at 2:13 p.m.

Beginning this weekend, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is offering for the holiday trade four different subscription programs that, while shy on nonstandard repertory, are not entirely shy on exciting discoveries....

Recommended Chicago-area classical concerts

May 13, 2019 at 2:13 p.m.

Lyric Opera – “Turandot”: Last presented in Lyric’s 2006-07 season, Puccini’s unfinished valedictory returns for a long winter’s run, in a new-to-Chicago production starring soprano and Ryan Opera Center alumna...

Holiday classical concert guide: Making yuletide spirits bright

May 13, 2019 at 2:13 p.m.

In the days and weeks ahead, churches and concert halls across the Chicago area will resound with musical comfort and joy, as choruses and instrumental ensembles celebrate the season in...

Dmitri Hvorostovsky is shown in a 2007 dress rehearsal for the opera "Eugene Onegin" in New York.

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, the great Siberian baritone, dies at 55

December 17, 2018 at 4:39 p.m.

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, the Siberian opera and concert singer whose commanding voice and charismatic stage presence made him an audience favorite and one of the greatest baritones of his age, died...

Actor Daniel Radcliffe in his role as Harry Potter holds Hedwig, the owl, on his arm during the shooting of the Warner Bros. film "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."

Recommended Chicago-area classical concerts

May 13, 2019 at 2:13 p.m.

CSO at the Movies: Richard Kaufman leads a live performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra of the John Williams soundtrack to “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” to accompany Thanksgiving...

American composer Steve Reich says goodbye to 80 and Northwestern University

May 13, 2019 at 2:13 p.m.

Steve Reich insists he’s not given to grand pronouncements. “No, never that,” the eminent American composer told me during a break from concert rehearsals last week at the Northwestern University...

Leila (Marina Rebeka) curses Zurga (Mariusz Kwiecien) and pledges her eternal love for Nadir during dress rehearsal of "The Pearl Fishers" at Lyric Opera.

Lyric’s ‘Pearl Fishers’ ablaze in hot colors, but first-class singing heats up house

May 13, 2019 at 2:13 p.m.

“Die Walkure” is the show you really need to catch at Lyric Opera at the moment. But if the prospect of devoting five hours of your busy life to Wagner...

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