The Lyric Brings the Ring Underground, Literally
The company puts a twist on Wagner in its first drive-through opera.
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What Happens When You Cancel a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opera
The coronavirus hit America at the worst possible moment for Lyric Opera.
Frequency Fest 2020 Dials in Artists from Around the Globe
This year's iteration includes rare stateside retrospectives of groundbreaking composers Annea Lockwood and Éliane Radigue.
What’s It Like to Play a String Quartet in the Dark?
JACK Quartet violinist Austin Wulliman on the unconventional piece hitting the Logan Center this Friday
The Future of Opera
With Dead Man Walking, Lyric inaugurates a commitment to more contemporary work.
Classical & Opera
CLASSICAL & OPERALidiya Yankovskaya Takes Opera Into the 21st Century Nov. 16–17 The musical head of Chicago Opera Theater doesn’t look like most bigtime opera conductors. For one, Lidiya Yankovskaya...
Ted Hearne Uses the Baton As a Tool for Protest
Photo: Jen Rosenstein The 36-year-old composer, who sang with the Chicago Children’s Choir starting at age 5, credits the group’s social-justice focus for inspiring Sound From the Bench, his piece...
50 Things to Do in Chicago in February
Cher, Chicago Winter Ale Fest, doomy cold wave, and more ways to stay busy this month
51 Things to Do in Chicago in January
Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, Ling Ma, a Cubs Convention, and more ways to stay busy this month
53 Things to Do in Chicago in December
Thom Yorke, Cendrillon, Danc(e)volve, and more picks selected by our culture critics