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Ravinia Begins Multi-Year Revamp with Pavilion Upgrades, Shortened ’25 Season

The newly announced Pavilion upgrade launches a multi-year renovation project, all ahead of Ravinia’s 125th anniversary in 2029.

Associated PressMarch 1, 2022

Verdi’s ‘Don Carlos’ arrives at Met Opera in original French

Associated PressFebruary 28, 2022

Management drops conductor Valery Gergiev over Putin ties

Associated PressFebruary 25, 2022

Munich, Rotterdam may fire Gergiev, London drops Bolshoi

Opera singer David Daniels and his husband plead guilty to sexual assault

Associated PressAugust 7, 2023

Both were sentenced to eight years' probation and required to register as sex offenders.

Ella Jenkins — gray haired woman stands with the ocean to her back

Ella Jenkins at 100: A Timeline

Adela SkowronskiAugust 4, 2023

For more than 60 years, the "First Lady of Children's Folk Music" has used music to inspire and teach children around the world.

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After 28 Years, Chicago Symphony Chorus Director Duain Wolfe Gives a ‘Joyous Farewell’

Keegan MorrisFebruary 24, 2022

"I’ve been very lucky. Not only did I get the world’s best job, but I also got to work closely with the world’s best conductors: Barenboim, Muti, Boulez, Haitink, you name it!"

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Met Opera shares 2022-23 season, Netrebko not in ‘Lohengrin’

Associated PressFebruary 23, 2022

Netrebko withdraws from a new production of Wagner’s Lohengrin at the Metropolitan Opera that is among seven new stagings the company announced for its 2022-23 season.

Capturing the Chevalier, One of the Most Remarkable Stories in Classical Music

LaRob RafaelFebruary 15, 2022

“It's like Paganini and Bruce Lee in one dude,” marvels Bill Barclay, the writer and director of a new play about Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.

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