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Quiz: How Hipster Is Your Taste in Classical Music?

Admit it, liking classical music is a little bit hipster. But how hipster is your taste in classical music?

Stephen Raskauskas | October 19, 2015

Rare Ballet Sylvia Comes to Chicago

Stephen Raskauskas | October 14, 2015

The Women of ‘Figaro’ on Mozart’s Women

Stephen Raskauskas | October 14, 2015

Video: Two Italians Talk About Rossini

Plácido Domingo feted at Met Opera for his 50th anniversary

Associated Press | November 25, 2018

After portraying dozens of characters over a half-century on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House, Plácido Domingo got emotional being himself.

Quiz: Match the Composer to Their Favorite Food

Keegan Morris | November 23, 2018

Some composers ate to live, others lived to eat. Can you match the composer to his favorite food?

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Video | 5 Operas the Notorious RBG Wants You to Know

Stephen Raskauskas | September 21, 2015

See which operas Justice Ginsburg chose as her her five favorites during her visit to WFMT.

RIP Jim White, WFMT Chief Engineer

WFMT | September 16, 2015

Mark Jahnke, VP and Chief Technology shares the sad news of Jim White’s death. Sadly, we received news last night that Jim White, Chief Engineer for WFMT, has passed away. Although Jim just joined the company in February of this year, he had quickly become a valued member of the WFMT team. The second Jim walked in the door at ...

5 Women on Being Modern Women in Dance

Stephen Raskauskas | August 27, 2015

Choreographer and modern dance maven Claire Bataille: "But gender discrimination is really no different in the dance world from what it is in the corporate world..."

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff