Stories
“It’s just something you don’t often hear in classical settings. The music ends and we’re laughing. The music ends and we’re singing.”
Patrick HockbergerFebruary 9, 2018
Hannah EdgarMarch 4, 2020
For many of us, the ‘L’ is more than just a means of getting around the city. It’s a social network, concert venue, observation deck, and roving reading room, uniting Chicago’s cosmopolitan mix over 224 miles of track.
Associated PressMarch 4, 2020
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The new coronavirus raising tensions around the world has started to inspire songwriters across Latin America, the latest region to see cases popping up. A street performer in Ecuador and Mexican band have captured anxiety they’re seeing in their communities with music. Videos of their songs are going viral. They poke fun at stores gouging prices ...
Playlists
Stephen RaskauskasFebruary 7, 2018
COT presents a world-premiere opera, Elizabeth Cree, by the team of composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell, who together created the Pulitzer-winning opera Silent Night.
Stephen RaskauskasFebruary 6, 2018
Today, Lyric Opera of Chicago announced its 2018/19 including special performances by sopranos Anna Netrebko and Renée Fleming.
Tenor Lawrence Brownlee on the Artists Who Have Inspired Him the Most and Why Black Composers Matter
Stephen RaskauskasFebruary 3, 2018
Learn how Lawrence Brownlee, hailed as one of the world’s leading tenors, is developing new works that respond to issues facing men of color today.













