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Ginsburg’s art, fur coat, awards in auction to benefit opera

A signed and inscribed print of the late Supreme Court Justice is among 150 items from Ginsburg’s office and home in an online auction to benefit opera in Washington.

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

Maria Callas will return to Chicago in September. No, we’re not kidding.

Keegan MorrisJune 4, 2019

Maria Callas will return to Chicago’s Lyric Opera House for one night only... in hologram form!

Purcell opera performed in cemetery catacombs

Associated PressJune 4, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — “When I am laid in earth,” the heroine sings just before she dies at the end of Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas.” Rarely will the aria be heard in a more fittingly sepulchral setting than when the hour-long opera, composed in the 1680s, is performed this week in the catacombs of Brooklyn’s historic Green-Wood Cemetery. The ...

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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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