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(312) 595-5600
Pure and hot, passionate and true—the feverish intensity of youth explodes on CST's stage in the most celebrated love story of all time. Passion stirs the blood of young lovers and feuding families, hurling their fates to destiny—and captivating an audience left breathless. World-renowned Australian director Gale Edwards, whose work has been seen at the Royal Shakespeare Company and across America, makes her CST debut with a startling landmark production—promising to ignite the Bard's poetry on Chicago Shakespeare's stage.
- September 15 – November 21
Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Courtyard Theater on Navy Pier, 800 East Grand Avenue, Chicago
(312) 296-3000
All listed performances take place at Symphony Center's Orchestra Hall, 220 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago
Riccardo Muti begins his tenure as new music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. His inaugural residency, and its surrounding events, named Festa Muti in celebration of the CSO's new Italian maestro, exhibits his vision for this great orchestra, demonstrates the artistic excellence of the musicians, and explores ways in which music can bring the community together.
- Muti Conducts Berlioz Spectacular
Program: Berlioz, Symphony fantastique; Berlioz, Lélio
Special Guests: Mario Zeffiri, tenor; Gerard Depardieu, narrator; Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe cond.
The blockbuster theatrical season opener starts with the Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz's personal tale of love-turned-obsession and is followed by its sensational sequel, Lélio. Complete with special lighting, supertitles and theatrical effects as conceived by the composer, Muti's unique production of Lélio features French actor Gérard Depardieu narrating the vivid tale of "the morning after" Berlioz's nightmarish plunge into hell.
- September 23, 24 & 25 / 8 PM
- September 28 / 7:30 PM
- Muti Conducts Mozart & Haydn
Program: Haydn, Symphony No. 39; Mozart, Symphony No. 25; Mozart, Symphony No. 34; Haydn, Symphony No. 89
Riccardo Muti explores the relationship between these two genius composers. Haydn's Symphony No. 39 and Mozart's Symphony No. 25 hail from the Sturm und Drang era, full of restless, angular melodies and pulsating, rhythmic drive.
- September 30 & October 1 / 8 PM
- October 5 / 7:30 PM
- Muti Conducts Beethoven 3
Program: Wagner, Centennial Inauguration March; Chávez, Sinfonia India; Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
Riccardo Muti and the CSO give a thrilling performance of Beethoven's daring Eroica Symphony, and also honor México 2010—a citywide celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mexican Independence and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution—with Carlos Chávez's Sinfonía India, which pays tribute to the once-thriving Mexican Indian culture.
- October 7 & 9 / 8 PM
- October 8 / 1:30 PM
- Muti Conducts Cherubini Requiem
Program: Rands, Danza Petrificada; Hindemith, Symphony in E-flat; Cherubini, Requiem in C Minor
Special Guests: Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe cond.
Riccardo Muti is passionate about the music of Luigi Cherubini, an Italian composer who was revered by Beethoven and who mentored Berlioz. In celebration of the 250th anniversary of Cherubini's birth, we present his grand Requiem in C Minor. The CSO's tribute to "México 2010" includes the world premiere of Bernard Rands' Danza Petrificada, inspired by the words of Mexican poet Octavio Paz.
- October 14 & 16 / 8 PM
- October 15 / 1:30 PM
- October 17 / 3 PM
(708) 235-2222
Add some grandeur to your afternoon with this preview event of the Lyric Opera's unprecedented 56th season.
Four of the Opera Chorus' featured artists will be on hand to present arias, duets, and ensembles from the upcoming season, which includes Verdi's Macbeth and Masked Ball, Bizet's Carmen, Gilbert & Sullivan's Mikado, Puccini's Girl of the Golden West, Wagner's Lohengrin, and Handel's Hercules.
Viennese pastries and coffee will be offered during this intimate performance on The Center's stage.
- September 26 / 4 PM
The Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University, 1 University Pkwy., University Park
(312) 296-3000
A celebration created in the spirit of Vienna's world famous Neujahrskonzert, Salute to Vienna's New Year concert is a 16-year-old tradition that brings the same charm, excitement and hope to American and Canadian audiences. Each year a fresh program showcases a brilliant new cast of European maestros, singers, dancers and full symphony orchestras. Conductor Hans Richter will lead The Strauss Symphony of America (featuring the Chicago Philharmonic) and soloists Anita Lukács, soprano, and Zsolt Vadász, tenor, in delightfully familiar Strauss waltzes. They'll be joined by dancers from Austria's Vienna City Ballet.
- January 2 / 2:30 PM
Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago
(708) 235-2222
For nearly 10 years, The Other 3 Tenors have been enthralling audiences with their dynamic voices and breathtaking stage presence. The trio appears at The Center for one night only as they pay tribute to the legendary Mario Lanza. Viennese pastries and coffee will be offered during this intimate performance on The Center's stage.
- January 30 / 4 PM
The Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University, 1 University Pkwy., University Park
(800) SING-WOW
Join Chicago a cappella for an intimate salon of works for vocal ensemble—both a cappella and with piano, with music director Patrick Sinozich at the keyboard—as the ensemble traverses lush new worlds of musical texture and harmony. Experience this first-ever musical collaboration and savor a sumptuous and inspiring potpourri of music, from German Romantic partsongs of Schumann and Brahms through contemporary songs of intense emotion.
- February 4 / 8 PM
Wentz Concert Hall at North Central College, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville
- February 5 / 8 PM
Gottlieb Hall at Merit School of Music, 38 S. Peoria St., Chicago
- February 12 / 8 PM
Nichols Concert Hall at Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston
- February 13 / 4 PM
Pilgrim Congregational Church, 460 Lake St., Oak Park
(708) 235-2222
Timeless as it is groundbreaking, Giuseppe Verdi's Traviata features soaring melodies and delightful harmonies set against a backdrop of eternal love. The energetic all American cast—including Christine Steyer, Franco Martorona and Paul Geiger—will have crowds demanding a curtain call. Viennese pastries and coffee will be offered during this intimate performance on The Center's stage.
- March 27 / 4 PM
The Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University, 1 University Pkwy., University Park
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