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Met moves Donizetti opera to decaying American town

Call it bel canto in the Rust Belt.

Stephen RaskauskasMarch 18, 2016

“Rhythm is universal”: Tabla Player Zakir Hussain on Music, Politics, & Cross-Cultural Collaboration

Lisa FlynnMarch 17, 2016

Playlist: 10 Contemporary Composers You Should Know (…Who Also Happen to Be Women)

Stephen RaskauskasMarch 7, 2016

Why Mezzo-Soprano Alice Coote Would ‘Die for Music’

Hit the Road With These 3 Classical Music Road Trips You Can Take From Chicago

Kerry FrumkinJuly 18, 2019

It's just a fact: road trips are better when live music is the destination!

Playlist: The Greats of British Classical Music

Maggie RebergJuly 18, 2019

Some of the most beautiful music ever composed originates from or was inspired by the British Isles. Weekend morning program host Maggie Clennon Reberg and Introductions host and producer Michael San Gabino have selected some of their favorites in this great British playlist!

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Pulitzer-Winning Composer David Lang on Composing for the Silver Screen

Stephen RaskauskasFebruary 24, 2016

"One of the things I really like about film is the size of the audience. There are potentially millions and millions of people who want to see film, who are open to hearing music, and who know that music can be an important part of the film experience."

Bartlett Sher on Shakespeare in the Opera House

Stephen RaskauskasFebruary 22, 2016

“Opera is deeply satisfying in a way that Shakespeare cannot be,” stage director Barlett Sher said backstage at Lyric Opera of Chicago during rehearsals for Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette.

Grammy-Winning Violinist Gil Shaham’s Advice for Young Musicians

Michael San GabinoFebruary 17, 2016

Grammy Award-winning violinist Gil Shaham made his professional debut at age 10, an age when most are hardly even thinking about professional work of any kind.

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