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Chicago Holiday Arts Calendar: Enchanting Concerts, Events, Spectacles, and more!

As we look forward to the festivities, we have compiled some of Chicago’s most enticing holiday offerings!

Keegan MorrisSeptember 5, 2019

Meet the Conductor Who’s Resurrecting Maria Callas (in Hologram Form)

Associated PressSeptember 5, 2019

‘He groped me’: Singer Says Opera’s Domingo Grabbed Breast

Keegan MorrisAugust 29, 2019

Celebrate Art Song and Living Composers in Chicago and Beyond at this Three-Day Festival

Kennedy Center honorees still relish slimmed-down tribute

Associated PressMay 24, 2021

This year's Kennedy Center Honors may be a slimmed-down affair as the nation emerges from the coronavirus pandemic — but honoree Dick Van Dyke still says it's "the capper on my career."

Wells’ World: Corey Wilkes Melds Chicago Music Past, Present In Documentary Score

Keegan MorrisMay 20, 2021

"I had to think about the Roaring Twenties and music like Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, and so on, that Ida B. Wells [would have been] hearing."

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Playlist: Piano Études for Your Back to School Studies

Becky NystedtAugust 26, 2019

Since there is a type of musical composition named for studying — études, for you non French-speakers — we have the perfect musical accompaniment while you hit the books.

“Kerry, it’s Norm!” — Remembering Norman Pellegrini

Kerry FrumkinAugust 26, 2019

When this particular phone call came, it was usually trouble. What often followed was something like “I don't believe there’s a ‘cough’ in Prokofiev. Love you madly! Goodnight.” Norman Pellegrini, WFMT’s illustrious program director of 43 years, was always listening — vigilant, protective of the station’s values, always blunt in his criticism, and usually right.

Cecilia Bartoli talks, again, of US return

Associated PressAugust 23, 2019

"Mostly when you sing in the opera house you have this wall of sound in front of you and the only thing is to go and sing as loud as you can, and this is not making music," she said. "It's 80 against one, and you will never win."

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