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‘Shine the light’: Ariana DeBose talks hosting Tony Awards

The Oscar-winning and Tony-nominated actress says this year’s telecast will spread its arms wider to celebrate Broadway’s stars and unsung heroes.

Associated PressOctober 31, 2016

Powder sprinkled into opera pit may have been human ashes

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 28, 2016

Second City and Lyric Look for the Lighter Side of Wagner with “LONGER! LOUDER! WAGNER!”

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 27, 2016

Joan Baez Talks Trump, Taxes, and Dylan

Pianist Alon Goldstein performs two Scarlatti sonatas in WFMT’s Levin Performance Studio [Video]

Keegan MorrisSeptember 12, 2019

In an Impromptu broadcast featuring music by Ginastera, Bernstein, Beethoven, and yes, Domenico Scarlatti, pianist Alon Goldstein spoke with host Kerry Frumkin on the prolific mastery of the Baroque composer, who composed more than 550 sonatas during his lifetime.

Music’s power to connect us takes center stage in Tony-winning The Band’s Visit [Video]

Michael San GabinoSeptember 10, 2019

The Band’s Visit begins with a mistake. An Egyptian police orchestra is on tour in Israel accidentally books tickets to the tiny, fictional desert town of Bet Hatikva. While “it could be about two sides that don’t get along,” says Chilina Kennedy, who portrays the enigmatic café owner in Bet Hatikva, “the show is not about conflict. It’s about human connection.”

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3 New-to-Chicago Contemporary Operas You Can See During National Opera Week

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 24, 2016

National Opera Week 2016 is from October 28 to November 6. Why not celebrate by experiencing the Chicago premiere of a contemporary opera? You can see not one, not two, but three new-to-Chicago operas.

Notorious RBG Makes Opera Debut in Donizetti’s The Daughter of the Regiment

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 21, 2016

Opera lover and Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has appeared in an opera before – at least, in a way. She is a character in Scalia/Ginsburg, a comic one act with words and music by Derrick Wang that had its world premiere in July 2015. But now, Ginsburg herself will appear in a production of Donizetti’s The Daughter of ...

Hear World Premiere by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer David Lang FREE This Weekend In Chicago