With multiple street closures and exits off the Drive shut down for a race in the Loop, audience members trying to get to Orchestra Hall Thursday night had nearly as arduous a journey as the one that ...

As if there were not enough reasons to visit Santa Fe Opera this summer, the fifth opera of the season is Antonín Dvořák’s rarely seen Rusalka, another company premiere by general director Robert Meya ...

Flora Hawk and Jonathan Michie star in the world premiere of Damien Geter’s Loving v. Virginia at Virginia Opera. Photo: Dave Pearson Virginia Opera is marking its golden anniversary season in the ...

It was “Last call, gentlemen!” Friday night for three of the six finalists in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, as that event neared its conclusion with the penultimate concerto night ...

It’s been 15 years since Sir Simon Rattle last visited Chicago in what would be his valedictory local stand with the Berlin Philharmonic. The British conductor, whose tenure leading the venerable ...

Angel Stanislav Wang performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 on the first Finals night of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Tuesday night in Fort Worth. Photo: Ralph Lauer After two ...

One Response to “Santa Fe Opera rounds out comeback season with brilliant Verdi and Wagner” Posted Aug 23, 2022 at 1:29 pm by Joe I was in attendance last week for Carmen, M. Butterfly and Isolde and ...

The Grant Park Music Festival has entered its final two weeks and, as is tradition on Lollapalooza weekend, Carlos Kalmar and the musicians decamped to the indoor haven of the Harris Theater Friday ...

For his final program as music director, Thierry Fischer leads the Utah Symphony in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 this weekend. Photo: Marco Borggreve Conductor Thierry Fisher was in a relaxed mood after ...

With medals hanging in the balance, the last three of six finalists in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition played their concluding concertos Saturday afternoon in a display of stunning ...

Add one, take one away. That’s the background to this week’s New York Philharmonic program. The addition is not just to the orchestra but to the whole classical scene: the return of violinist Hilary ...

Riccardo Muti led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in music of Bellini, Schubert and Tchaikovsky Thursday night at the Arsht Center in Miami. Photo: Todd Rosenberg Endless repetitions of standard ...