The Grant Park Music Festival’s podium batting average is impressive, invariably managing to book fine guest conductors throughout its ten-week season Even so, it’s not every summer concert in Chicago ...

One can’t say Klaus Mäkelä is taking the easy road in his concerts leading up to becoming music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Opening his first Chicago appearance of the current season, ...

Flora Hawk and Jonathan Michie star in the world premiere of Damien Geter’s Loving v. Virginia at Virginia Opera. Photo: Dave Pearson Virginia Opera is marking its golden anniversary season in the ...

Few moments equal the excitement of the world premiere of a new opera. The theater darkens, and music that very few people have heard before unfolds before you. This crucial tradition continued at ...

The Grant Park Music Festival hit cruising speed Friday night at Millennium Park by doing what it does best—presenting first-class performances of two neglected works, one of which is so obscure that ...

Some chamber music fans prefer the communal, no-stars ethos of an organization like the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Others like the interplay of big personalities when famous soloists get ...

It was “Last call, gentlemen!” Friday night for three of the six finalists in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, as that event neared its conclusion with the penultimate concerto night ...

For his final program as music director, Thierry Fischer leads the Utah Symphony in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 this weekend. Photo: Marco Borggreve Conductor Thierry Fisher was in a relaxed mood after ...

Klaus Mäkelä was announced as the future music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra this week, effective in 2027. Yet the Finnish conductor remains something of an enigma to local audiences, ...

When the current Chicago Symphony Orchestra season was announced last year, there was much excitement that Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust would be presented, conducted by Riccardo Muti. Many ...

One Response to “Santa Fe Opera rounds out comeback season with brilliant Verdi and Wagner” Posted Aug 23, 2022 at 1:29 pm by Joe I was in attendance last week for Carmen, M. Butterfly and Isolde and ...

Angel Stanislav Wang performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 on the first Finals night of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Tuesday night in Fort Worth. Photo: Ralph Lauer After two ...