In addition to the annual CSO residency, Ravinia will play host to a spate of guest ensembles, including Music of the Baroque, The Knights, the Lincoln Trio, Chanticleer, the Chicago Philharmonic, and the Chicago Sinfonietta.

Plus a world premiere, Chicago-set take on ‘The Barber of Seville’ and the return of ‘West Side Story’

Labels really don’t work with Sondheim, who had one foot in the Golden Age and the other in what came next.

As we reflect on the year gone by, Classical WFMT salutes the contributions of members of the arts community who died this past year.

Stephen Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century, has died.