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Meet Jon Batiste, new Grammy winner with plenty going on

The recording artist, bandleader, musical director, film composer, museum creative director, and scion of New Orleans musical royalty won five Grammys on Sunday.

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 26, 2015

Masaaki Suzuki’s 8 Tips to Better Your Bach

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 22, 2015

Natya Dance Brings the Ancient Art of Bharatanatyam to Modern Audiences

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 22, 2015

Inside the Beautiful, Bizarre World of Butoh

Recalling Gian Carlo Menotti

Larry JohnsonJune 27, 2019

In the early 1990s, the famed composer and librettist Gian Carlo Menotti came to Chicago as the guest for a black-tie event for Chicago Opera Theater. Larry Johnson recounts a rare opportunity to spend time with a world-famous musician and composer.

Digital Pina Bausch Archive Announced

Candice AgreeJune 27, 2019

Pina Bausch studied with Antony Tudor, José Limón, Alfredo Corvino, and Paul Taylor, before joining the Metropolitan Opera Ballet Company and the New American Ballet.

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The Women of ‘Figaro’ on Mozart’s Women

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 14, 2015

Behind every great man is a great woman, so the saying goes. In Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, the women often run the show. How better to learn about these fascinating female characters than from the women behind Lyric Opera of Chicago’s new production of Mozart’s masterwork? I spoke with Barbara Gaines, the stage director, as well as the opera’s leading ladies ...

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