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

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ChicagoHilary Hahn Plays Brahms

Chicago Symphony Center, Dec 07, 08 mat, 09
Brahms, Wagner, Sibelius
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Mikko Franck; Hilary Hahn
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ChicagoBychkov conducts Brahms

Chicago Symphony Center, Dec 14, 15 mat, 16
Dvořák, Saint-Saëns, Brahms
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Semyon Bychkov; Renaud Capuçon
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ChicagoSir Andrew Conducts Handel’s Messiah

Chicago Symphony Center, Dec 21, 22 mat, 23
Handel: Messiah
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Sir Andrew Davis; Joélle Harvey; Jennifer Johnson Cano; Matthew Polenzani; John Relyea
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ChicagoLucas & Arthur Jussen

Chicago Symphony Center, Sun 21 Jan at 15:00
Mozart, Schubert, Kulenty, Stravinsky
Lucas Jussen; Arthur Jussen
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ChicagoLa Cenerentola (Cinderella)

Lyric Opera House, 2024 Jan 21 mat, 26, 30, Feb 01 mat, 04 mat, 07 mat, 10
Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Yi-Chen Lin; Jean-Pierre Ponnelle; Lyric Opera of Chicago; Duane Schuler; Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra; Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus
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ChicagoChampion: An Opera in Jazz

Lyric Opera House, 2024 Jan 27, 31 mat, Feb 03, 06, 09, 11 mat
Blanchard: Champion: An Opera in Jazz
Enrique Mazzola; James Robinson; Lyric Opera of Chicago; Allen Moyer; Montana Levi Blanco; Donald Holder; Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra
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Davidsen and Stemme anchor an extraordinary Jenůfa in Chicago

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Cameron Kelsall, 12 Nov
Claus Guth's production foregrounds the regimented, repressive world that drives the plot of Janáček’s tragic masterpiece.
*****
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Fresh eyes on Rachmaninov in Chicago

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Cameron Kelsall, 11 Nov
The Finnish conductor values attention to detail across three disparate 20th-century pieces, highlighting the uniform strength of the Chicago musicians.
*****
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Riccardo Muti concludes Chicago tenure with a divine Missa solemnis

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Sam Jacobson, 23 Jun
Riccardo Muti selects Beethoven’s daunting Missa solemnis for his final performance as Music Director of the Chicago Symphony, a performance that proves worthy of his remarkable tenure.
*****
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Vladimir Jurowski conducts an impressive Shostakovich Eight in Chicago

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Edward Sava-Segal, 27 Apr
Jurowski and Martin Helmchen underline how much Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 25 in C major looks forward to the “Jupiter” Symphony and to Beethoven. 
****1
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The Spektral Quartet depicts worlds unseen in a Chicago planetarium

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Kurt Gottschalk, 08 Apr
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Enigma is presented in the Adler Planetarium, with video designed by Sigurður Guðjónsson. 
****1
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Gothic psychodrama: Chicago Opera Theater La hija de Rappaccini

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David Karlin, 26 Apr
Daniel Catán's operatic adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale of evil scientist and poisoned plants is compellingly set in Chicago's Field Museum.
***11
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