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Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Chicago, IL, United States

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ChicagoEugene OneginWorld premiere

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Lyric Opera House, Sun 14 Jun at 14:00
Demutsky: Eugene Onegin
Yuri Possokhov; Joffrey Ballet; Tom Pye; Tim Yip; Jim French
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ChicagoCSO Chamber Music: CSO Brass Quintet

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Chicago Symphony Center, Tue 16 Jun at 18:30
Ives, Arnold, Ward
CSO Brass Quintet
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ChicagoLincoln Portrait & Ellington Harlem

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Chicago Symphony Center, Jun 18, 20, 21 mat
Montgomery, Martinů, Copland, Ives, Ellington
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Joshua Weilerstein
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Edward Gardner: quietly impressive in Chicago

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Graham Meyer, 07 May
Peter Lieberson's Neruda Songs with the mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato teem with subtle brilliances. 
*****
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra music on death: whimper then bang

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Graham Meyer, 09 Apr
Jakub Hrůša leads the CSO in pedestrian Janáček and Rachmaninov, but Strauss's Four Last Songs and Wagner's Tristan excerpts send audiences home deeply touched.
***11
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Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera brings Spanish to the Lyric Opera

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Graham Meyer, 29 Mar
The Lyric Opera of Chicago's presentation of El último sueño de Frida y Diego brings the Mexican artists to life... or at least a life reminiscent of their real ones.
****1
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Ravinia Festival to undergo sweeping $75m renovation

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Bachtrack, 14 Feb
The longest-running outdoor festival in the US and summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will undergo extensive redevelopment over the next four years.
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Samantha Ege on rediscovering the music of Florence Price

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Samantha Ege, 29 Feb
Pianist and musicologist Samantha Ege talks about her experiences hearing and playing the music of Florence Price – beginning in 2009, when many lost works of hers were rediscovered.
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