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From ‘naughty’ composer, young Baroque troupe gets a nice boost

Oct 11, 2011 – 4:50 pm | 7,685 views
Wayward Sisters ensemble

It’s the phone call all struggling musicians hope for — the announcement of a competition prize complete with recording contract. For Wayward Sisters, a Baroque ensemble specializing in 17th-century music, the news lit up lines in Chicago and three other locales where its four members reside.

Riccardo Muti unearths gem in Mahler tribute

Oct 7, 2011 – 2:25 pm | 4,665 views
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Mahler conducted the world premiere of Busoni’s “Berceuse élégiaque” at the last public performance of his life, with the New York Philharmonic in 1911. At the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s re-creation of the event, the nine incredible minutes of the “Berceuse” alone are sufficient reason to attend.

Lyric love and fractured hearts in the mirror of Offenbach’s time

Oct 3, 2011 – 7:08 am | 10,106 views
Tales of Hoffmann Lyric Opera of Chicago 5

Offenbach’s “Tales of Hoffmann” opens Lyric Opera of Chicago season. 4 stars!

John Malkovich stalks sopranos who suffer in song

Sep 30, 2011 – 3:31 pm | 7,831 views
Malkovich John

John Malkovich plays a modern-day Jack the Ripper who has come back from death to make a charmingly creepy case for himself in “The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer.”

CST will stage remixed ‘Othello’ in London at Cultural Olympiad

Sep 28, 2011 – 11:51 am | 1,979 views
Q Brothers, creators of "Othello: The Remix" for Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

“Funk It Up About Nothin'” team creates work for pre-Olympics festival.

Our hit list for the Chicago Symphony’s 2011-12 season

Sep 26, 2011 – 11:03 pm | 2,386 views
Pianist-conductor Mitsuko Uchida

It’s tough to choose amid the bounty and variety that music director Riccardo Muti and guest conductors will offer in the coming months, but we’ve assembled an alluring 12-pack. The envelope, please…       …