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A picture of violins or fiddles hanging in a luthier shop, with the middle orange-brown colored violin in sharp focus.

What Makes a Fiddle?

While “violin” exists only as a noun, the word “fiddle” also carries multiple meanings beyond just the instrument.

Keegan MorrisApril 10, 2020

Video: Chicago Area Young Artists Bridge Continents with Cello Collaboration

Keegan MorrisApril 10, 2020

CSO to Premiere Video of Beethoven’s 9th for Facebook Streaming

Associated PressApril 10, 2020

Still scarred, Notre Dame lives anew in coronavirus crisis

Citing COVID Surge, Joffrey Postpones ‘Don Quixote’

Keegan MorrisJanuary 13, 2022

The production was scheduled to be performed at Lyric Opera House between February 16-27 and is now set to be performed in June.

Pope slips out of Vatican to visit record shop, gets CD

Associated PressJanuary 12, 2022

Pope Francis grew up listening to the opera on the radio, is a fan of Argentine tango, and thinks Mozart "lifts you to God." But it still came as something of a shock to see the 85-year-old pontiff coming out of a downtown Rome record shop.

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From the Opera House to Your House: Ryan Opera Center Artists Bring Music Home

Daniel GoldbergApril 9, 2020

Keeping busy and enjoying great music are some of the best ways to get through COVID-19 quarantining. Ryan Opera Center artists have been doing both in a series of homemade performance videos.

John Prine Dies, Rich Warren Pays Tribute

Rich WarrenApril 8, 2020

John Prine, who began his career in Chicago, exhibited the ability to wring every possible meaning from a word to expose the joy, sorrow, frailty, and strength of the human condition.

Edgar Allan Poe, Leonard Slatkin, Vincent Price Team Up for an Orchestral Take on ‘The Raven’

Keegan MorrisApril 8, 2020

As an outsized figure in literature and poetry, Poe has inspired composers like Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Philip Glass, and composer-conductor Leonard Slatkin, who set Poe's "The Raven" to music in 1971.

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