John Von Rhein

Bruckner Orchester Linz: The much-recorded world music diva Angelique Kidjo is vocal soloist with the Austrian ensemble under chief conductor Dennis Russell Davies for Philip Glass' "Ife, Three Yoruba Songs,"...

If you're a glass-half-full type, you could say that the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's programming plans for the 2017-18 season, announced Tuesday, adhere to the basics — mostly familiar music, mostly...

Lyric Opera — Bellini's "Norma": Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky brings another of her celebrated bel canto heroines to Lyric, where she will assume the title role of the tragic Druid priestess...

Lyric Opera of Chicago was born under a lucky star. Several lucky stars, as a matter of fact. But none of them shone brighter — or, alas, for a shorter...

Yes, you can go home again, provided you are the Italian cultural icon named Riccardo Muti. "Welcome back, maestro!" shouted an audience member as the conductor came out on stage...

Imani Winds: The wind quintet makes its first appearance on the University of Chicago Presents series as the university's Don Michael Randel ensemble in residence. The varied program includes works...

Move over, Berlin. Take a number, Vienna. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra was in town over the weekend, pushing those other bands to the side as it matched its storied musical...

In a first collaboration between Lyric Opera, L.A. Opera and the Joffrey Ballet, a new coproduction of the 1774 Paris version of Gluck's opera "Orphee et Eurydice" will debut next...

It was as if a gigantic flock of birds, perhaps more than 300,000 of them, was hovering over the defiantly modern concert hall swaddling the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, wishing the...