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LA Opera scraps world premiere of Bates ‘Kavalier and Clay’

“It was a very ambitious and therefore expensive project, and unfortunately in the current conditions, it wasn’t something that we can manage,” LA Opera CEO Christopher Koelsch said.

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Associated PressOctober 11, 2019

Late opera star Jessye Norman’s US hometown honors her life
Panelist Sister Helen Prejean speaks while composer Jake Heggie listens in front of an audience at a Lyric Opera-held discussion
Keegan MorrisOctober 10, 2019

Video: Jake Heggie and Sister Helen Prejean Talk ‘Dead Man Walking’
Keegan MorrisOctober 9, 2019

Video: Pianist Lucas Krupinski Plays Schubert, Chopin, Ravel
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CSO Announces Hilary Hahn as Orchestra’s First-Ever Artist-in-Residence
Keegan MorrisJune 22, 2021
“I have great admiration for the orchestra and Maestro Muti,” shares Hilary Hahn, “and it is an honor to join their organization and be present in the city of Chicago over the next two seasons.”

Chicago Opera Theater Announces Live, In-Person 2021-22 Season
Keegan MorrisJune 22, 2021
From Carmen to Claus, learn what is in store for the next season of Chicago Opera Theater.

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Marcello Giordani, tenor of beauty and heft, dies at 56
Associated PressOctober 6, 2019
Giordani had a heart attack at his home in Sicily.

‘Wow child’ is special guest of orchestra that inspired him
Associated PressOctober 4, 2019
BOSTON (AP) — A boy who charmed the world by exclaiming “Wow!” at the end of a classical music performance was a special guest of the orchestra that inspired his delight. The Boston Globe reports 9-year-old Ronan Mattin, of New Hampshire, and his grandparents attended a dress rehearsal at Boston’s Symphony Hall on Thursday as the Handel & Haydn Society ...

Get kids excited about classical music with these 11 Chicago area schools and organizations
Kylie Harwell
The school year is officially underway, and the sleepover requests and homework complaints have likely already started. Don’t fret, there are plenty of after-school options across the city that will keep students of all ages and interests engaged in music and off their phones … at least for an hour or two a week.
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