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A sensational American debut by Bernheim as Faust highlighted a too busy "Faust" in the Lyric Opera's new production that opened Saturday.

Splendid cast gives Gounod his due in muddled ‘Faust’ at Lyric Opera

December 14, 2018 at 2:18 p.m.

Stage director Kevin Newbury has devised a Faustian bargain of his own for the new production of Gounod’s “Faust” that is closing Lyric Opera’s mainstage season at the Lyric Opera...

Guest conductor Herbert Blomstedt leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Center on March 1, 2018.

Blomstedt brought a too-familiar bit of CSO repertory to life

May 13, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been devoting a disproportionate amount of the subscription season’s programming to canonic repertory regular attendees have heard many times over. The program of Mozart’s Symphony...

Recommended Chicago-area classical concerts for March 2-8

May 13, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard: University of Chicago Presents’ season-long tribute to Hungarian modernist Gyorgy Ligeti comes to a close with a recital by the formidable French pianist, a longtime Ligeti champion. His...

Chicago Opera Theater plans new mentoring initiative, ‘Moby-Dick’ for 2018-19

May 13, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.

With its announcement of season plans for 2018-19, Chicago Opera Theater has signaled important new directions in which general director Douglas R. Clayton and music director Lidiya Yankovskaya will be...

Violist Leonidas Kavakos, from left, pianist Emanuel Ax and cellist Yo-Yo Ma perform Feb. 24, 2018, at Symphony Center.

Yo-Yo Ma and friends prove their mastery in Brahms; MOB ventures rare Handel oratorio

May 13, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.

Rarely will you find A-list classical musicians of the caliber of cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianist Emanuel Ax and violinist Leonidas Kavakos merging egos and artistic personalities as triumphantly as this...

Augusta Read Thomas' Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition will produce a new series of concerts that is to include 40 world premieres, 14 of them given in partnership with U. of C. Presents.

U. of C. Presents announces 2018-19 classical series

May 13, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.

A new university-centered contemporary music series, a new world music series and the return of the Takacs and the Pacifica string quartets highlight the 75th anniversary University of Chicago Presents...

Conductor Emmanuel Villaume, from left, stage director Kevin Newbury and tenor Benjamin Bernheim on the set of Lyric Opera's new production of Gounod's "Faust."

Satan’s minion returns to Lyric Opera in a bold new staging of ‘Faust’

May 13, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.

Will Lyric Opera give the devil his due? Audience members can decide that question for themselves as the company prepares to open a much-anticipated new production of Charles Gounod’s “Faust”...

Conductor Jane Glover leads bass baritone Eric Owens during opening night of the 2017-18 season for Music of the Baroque on Sept. 16, 2017, at the Harris Theater.

Harry Bicket, Mozart Requiem highlight Music of Baroque’s 2018-19 season

May 13, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.

Performances of Mozart’s Requiem and Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio,” and the long-awaited return of baroque specialist Harry Bicket, highlight Music of the Baroque’s 2018-19 season. The group’s 48th season will run...

Tenor Lawrence Brownlee's "Cycles of My Being" touches on matters of hate, religious faith, black consciousness and, ultimately, hope and unity.

Lawrence Brownlee delivers committed reading of new song cycle about being black and male in America

May 13, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.

Rare are the classical singers who use their celebrity cachet to help generate new repertory. One shining example is Lawrence Brownlee, who regards the commissioning of music by living composers...

Recommended Chicago classical concerts Feb. 23-March 1

May 13, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.

Music of the Baroque: Music director Jane Glover leads the chorus, orchestra and vocal soloists Heidi Stober, Nicholas Phan, Colin Ainsworth and Christopheren Nomura in Handel’s magnificent oratorio “Esther.” 3...

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