After rough start, Mutter and Orkis serve ... Chicago Classical Review Anne-Sophie Mutter returned to Chicago Sunday afternoon looking timelessly elegant and glamorous in a signature strapless form-fitting yellow satin gown.… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] 2 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Star power and soaring vocalism make secon... Chicago Classical Review After the mediocre, vocally uneven La Boheme that opened in January, the Lyric Opera of Chicago got it right the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] 2 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Friendly colleagues Netrebko and Calleja t... Chicago Classical Review No doubt about it, the singers taking over the leads in Lyric Opera’s production of La Boheme this month are… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] 2 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Macelaru fills in again at CSO with largel... Chicago Classical Review One conductor’s ocular problem is another conductor’s opportunity. One year ago, Cristian Macelaru filled in for Pierre Boulez when the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] 2 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Music of the Baroque to offer Schubert as ... Chicago Classical Review Music of the Baroque will take to the road as well as reach further into the 19th century  than ever… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] 2 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Critic’s Choice Chicago Classical Review Anne-Sophie Mutter’s Chicago appearances have, fortunately, been more frequent in recent seasons, both with the CSO and in recital. The… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] 2 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Heatherington, Ars Viva strings deliver gu... Chicago Classical Review One of the Chicago area’s finest and most engaging conductors, Alan Heatherington has long been a triple-threat, holding down three… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] 2 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Rachleff to step down from Chicago Philhar... Chicago Classical Review Larry Rachleff will step down as music director of the Chicago Philharmonic in May after serving for 23 years. Though… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] 2 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Paul Lewis’s Schubert journey comes to a p... Chicago Classical Review The closing installment of Paul Lewis’s two-year traversal of the late piano music of Schubert came to its culmination Sunday… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] 2 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

UC serves up an engaging tribute to Ralph ... Chicago Classical Review From the mid-1960s until his death in 2002 at age 81, composer and conductor Ralph Shapey was a fiercely vital… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] 2 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story