An interview with the pioneering conductor in advance of his Chicago debut.

The festival’s premiere concert will be held at Lincoln Park’s historic St. Vincent de Paul Church.

From the serene to the upbeat, this stockingful of 2024 Christmas albums will fill your festivities with joy and wonder.

This baroque masterpiece recounts the biblical hero’s struggle against the Philistines, with Jarrett Ott as Samson and Jacquelyn Stucker as Delilah.

For the last four seasons, the Second City has been the Cleveland-founded Baroque ensemble’s second home.

A baroque interpretation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this semi-opera combines Purcell’s exquisite music with spoken drama and dance, celebrating the enchantment and complexities of love in a fantastical setting.

Highlights include rarely-heard gems, beloved holiday concerts, and the 80th birthday celebration of Nicholas Kraemer.

“It’s the right time for Bach Week to bid adieu, and on a high note.”

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

The Chicago early-music ensemble faced diminishing audience sizes and reduced grant funding possibilities after years of concert disruptions by COVID-19.

Across three flagship performances, Haymarket continues to plumb the expressive depths of early music repertoire.

A job application, an overwhelmed orchestra, and a remarkable true story behind one of classical music’s best loved works.

The music of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue owes much of its spookiness to the drama it employs.

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.