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Caccini, Hasse, Scarlatti: Haymarket Shares ’23 Season

The performance lineup features three mainstage operas; all three titles are rare and represent Chicago premieres.

Lisa FlynnFebruary 9, 2018

Playlist: Classical Music To Tug at Your Heart Strings

Kerry FrumkinFebruary 9, 2018

“My morning with Leontyne” — Kerry Frumkin in conversation with legendary soprano Leontyne Price

Stephen RaskauskasFebruary 8, 2018

VIDEO | Lute 101 with Nigel North

9 Works by Women Writers We Want to See Adapted into Operas

Anna GoldbeckMarch 9, 2020

We’re glad to see that in recent decades, more and more works by women writers have been given their due in the opera house. Here’s a look back at some of them, and a short list of works by women that we’re waiting to see operatically staged.

McCoy Tyner, iconic and influential jazz pianist, dies

Associated PressMarch 8, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — McCoy Tyner, the groundbreaking and influential jazz pianist and the last surviving member of the John Coltrane Quartet, has died at age 81. Tyner’s family confirmed the death in a statement released on social media Friday. No more details were provided. Tyner was born in Philadelphia on Dec. 11, 1938. He eventually met Coltrane and joined ...

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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.

How WFMT legend Studs Terkel just made his Carnegie Hall debut (alongside the Kronos Quartet and his old friend Mahalia Jackson)

Tony MacalusoFebruary 1, 2018

WFMT’s long-time resident “free spirit” Studs Terkel died near a decade ago, on Halloween in 2008, but he just made his Carnegie Hall debut. What brought about this feat of artistic time travel?

Video: Jennifer Koh Plays 6 New Works That Redefine Violin Virtuosity for the 21st Century

Stephen RaskauskasJanuary 30, 2018

Niccolò Paganini’s 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 has defined virtuosity on the solo violin for nearly 200 years. Violinist Jennifer Koh is changing that.

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