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Chicago Master Singers Announces 2025-26 Season

Celebrating 46 years as an ensemble, Chicago Master Singers returns for a new four-program season this fall.

Katherine BuzardAugust 23, 2024

10 Composers Who Were Inspired by Their Travels

Adela SkowronskiAugust 21, 2024

New Contemporary Chamber Series Launches in Loop Fall ’24

Keegan Morris

Classical Focus: Playlists to Orchestrate Your Studying

Lyric 25-26: Medea, Salome, Frida, Smashing Pumpkins, and More

Keegan MorrisMarch 11, 2025

The company’s slate of presentations includes two world premieres, two Lyric premieres, and several new productions.

New Releases Mar. 11: Composer Focuses

Keegan MorrisMarch 11, 2025

Explore landmark works by Jean Sibelius and Aram Khachaturian, plus unheralded repertoire by Gaetano Donizetti, Ernest Chausson, John Field, and Marie de Grandval.

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Anna Netrebko to sing at Palm Beach Opera gala in first US appearance since 2019

Associated PressAugust 7, 2024

Past Palm Beach Opera galas featured Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Renée Fleming, and Bryn Terfel.

Yuval Sharon to direct Met Opera’s new stagings of Wagner’s Ring Cycle and ‘Tristan und Isolde’

Associated PressAugust 6, 2024

The Met also said Tuesday that Nézet-Séguin's contract had been extended by six years through 2029-30.

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Tchaikovsky’s Top 10 Works

WFMTAugust 6, 2024

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a master of melody. Across musical forms the Russian composer's works exquisitely harness the power of each instrument involved.

Mornings with Jan Weller