Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations take us on a journey through a variety of sound environments of the eighteenth century.

Opera composers found irresistible the allure of the Amazons, the mythical race of female warriors whom no man could match in strength of body or mind.

Rubén Dubrovsky traces the popular dances of the European Baroque back to Latin American and African roots.

The Cleveland-based Baroque orchestra made its Chicago debut in 2016 and has since established a strong presence in the city.

An interview with bass Lionel Meunier, the founder and artistic director of the stylish Belgian early music ensemble.

The Chicago early music ensemble will collaborate with Baroque opera specialists, an eminent early music keyboard player, and leading chamber groups in its upcoming season.

The season embarks on explorations of both staples and forgotten gems of Renaissance and Early Music repertoire.

Internationally renowned soprano Jeanine De Bique makes her Zankel Hall debut alongside opera and early music ensemble Concerto Köln.

The period instrument ensemble announces its inaugural festival which will features Aldo López-Gavilán & Ilmar Gavilán, Third Coast Percussion, and a performance of Bach’s B Minor Mass.

The performance lineup features three mainstage operas; all three titles are rare and represent Chicago premieres.

Christmas is the most musical time of the year, and each December, we look forward to sharing a new assortment of festive holiday albums.

Even though his compositions were well known across Europe during his time, one of Claudio Monteverdi‘s most enduring works was likely not performed (in its entirety, at least) in his lifetime!

Rubén Dubrovsky traces the popular dances of the European Baroque back to Latin American and African roots.

Bach wrote a lot of music! Here’s where to start…

Approaching the end of a long tenure, the artistic, administrative, and life partners reflect and look ahead.

The lineup represents the “most ambitious season in recent history,” according to executive director Declan McGovern.

The Christmas season is one replete with great Baroque music: think Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, and more! But what about music from other parts of the world?

Jeanne Lamon, the violinist and former music director of the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, died on June 20 at age 71. She succumbed to cancer, which she had been diagnosed with a few months prior.

Little known fact: Handel ranked ‘Theodora’ — not ‘Messiah’ — as his best oratorio. You’ll see why in a rapturous performance by Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.

On February 21, Music of the Baroque announced its 2020-2021 season, the ensemble’s 50th.

As part of an Impromptu of secular and devotional holiday music from around the world, conductor Patrick Dupré Quigley led Music of the Baroque and organist Stephen Alltop in a performance of this lesser-known French Baroque Christmas song, ‘Hodie Christus natus est’ by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault.

Handel’s oratorio Messiah is everywhere this time of year. Here in Chicago in the four weeks leading up to Christmas, we’ll have large-scale performances of Messiah, period instrument chamber performances of Messiah, Do-It-Yourself Messiahs, sing-along Messiahs, not to mention the jazz/gospel versions of Messiah.

Behind every great performance or recording is untold hours of practice. Don’t get us wrong, we love the final product, but it’s also illuminating to go behind the scenes and witness musicians preparing.

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 …

“With this kind of comedy, there is no fourth wall. We’re very aware of the audience; we’re not pretending they’re not there.”