Articles filed under Opera
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Erin Wall, a veteran Lyric Opera and CSO soprano, dies at 44Oct 09, 2020 1:00 am - Erin Wall, one of the world's leading opera sopranos, died Thursday from complications of metastatic breast cancer. She was 44. Wall was born in Calgary, Canada, to Ame...
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Best Bets: The ESO performs two socially distant outdoor concerts this weekendSep 09, 2020 6:00 am - Outdoor symphonies Andrew Grams conducts members of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra with guest artist Philippe Quint for a special socially distant "Symphony on the Farm" o...
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Chicago's Lyric Opera and Joffrey Ballet cancel 2020 performancesJun 16, 2020 1:00 am - The Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Joffrey Ballet have canceled performances through the end of 2020. Both companies cited the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason in separa...
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Arts summer camps in the suburbs adapt to pandemic rulesJun 12, 2020 6:00 am - Organizations that run art and performance summer camps have had to adapt amid the coronavirus pandemic. Many have shifted and developed online-only courses, while a few...
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Closure culture: Where to watch opera and theater productions onlineMar 18, 2020 11:00 pm - I was supposed to be in New York this week. I had a ticket for the rarely produced 1948 musical “Love Life” by composer Kurt Weill and lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and plans...
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Season of change for Lyric Opera in 2020-21Feb 11, 2020 10:00 pm - The Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2020-21 season is full of change. Before stepping down as music director, Sir Andrew Davis conducts three productions and a special concert...
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Best bets: 'Riverdance' steps back to Chicago, Stray Kids plays RosemontFeb 02, 2020 6:29 am - Percussive dance The 1995 Irish-born international percussive dance revue "Riverdance" became a global phenomenon. It returns to the Windy City via the "Riverdance 25th ...
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Broadway stars announced for Lyric's '42nd Street'Dec 17, 2019 11:01 pm - The Lyric Opera of Chicago is bringing Broadway star power to its spring 2020 production of "42nd Street." Tony Award winner Faith Prince ("Guys and Dolls," "Disaster!")...
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Renee Fleming leads emotionally complex 'Light in the Piazza' at Lyric Opera of ChicagoDec 17, 2019 9:00 am - “The Light in the Piazza” - ★ ★ ★ ½ It's no wonder that Grammy Award-winning American opera soprano Renée Fleming would champion “The Light in the Piazza.” This six-tim...
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Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky brings Donizetti's 'Three Queens' together in Lyric concertNov 27, 2019 9:00 am - Sondra Radvanovsky is no stranger to difficult operatic royalty. The Berwyn-born Radvanovsky, a former St. Charles resident, is one of the few sopranos to have sung all...