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Soprano Gianna Rolandi Has Died at Age 68

Rolandi retired from performance in the 1990s, then joined the Ryan Opera Center first as the director of vocal studies (the program’s first), and then the program’s director from 2006-2013.

Ryan de Ryke and Peter van de Graaff in Telemann’s Don Quichotte

Stephen RaskauskasMarch 10, 2015

WFMT Host Peter van de Graaff Stars in Haymarket’s Don Quichotte

Stephen RaskauskasJanuary 14, 2015

Lyric Opera of Chicago Announces 2016-17 Season

Noel MorrisJune 12, 2014

$32 Million to the CSO

Settling the Score: Oscar Noms Highlight Gender Disparity in Film Composition

Hannah SchillerFebruary 22, 2019

Despite shifting tides, especially since the rise of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements in 2017, women are often left out of the spotlight when it comes to leadership roles in film and music production.

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Dominick Argento dead at 91

Associated PressFebruary 21, 2019

Known for composing in styles ranging from melody to dissonance, he earned the Pulitzer in 1975 for From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, a composition for voice and piano.

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Composer Exploration: Jacques Ibert

Peter van de GraaffOctober 29, 2013

When young Jacques finished grade school, he found a job in a movie house, playing piano for silent films.

Art and Music: Mendelssohn’s Watercolors

Noel MorrisJuly 25, 2013

Felix Mendelssohn was a beacon in his world, whether as a conductor, composer, scholar, or painter. As a painter, he wallowed in images of man in dialogue with nature: landscapes with buildings or people under trees. The image to the right is of an unknown subject, but brings to mind the mysterious, churning sounds of his Hebrides Overture, and offers ...

Playlist: 10 Pieces That Changed the World

Noel MorrisMay 9, 2013

Pieces of music that turned the art form into something it hadn't seen.

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