Opera
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Oversimplifying Minimalism: Glass' Satyagraha
How much simplification is too much? Philip Glass and Mozart reduced for the masses.
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Win Free Tickets to Chicago Opera Theater!
Make a video and win free tickets to Chicago Opera Theater!
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Weekend Pick: Winterreise (3/5-3/21)
Chicago Opera Vanguard's Winterreise with Brad Jungwirth
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Figaro: A timeless romantic comedy
A review of Chicago's Lyric Opera's amazing production of The Marriage of Figaro.
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Running with the Devil: Faust at Lyric
Reviews of Lyric Opera's Damnation of Faust.
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The Magnificent Auditorium (12-9-1889)
America's largest building is dedicated by the President of the United States. Adler & Sullivan's Auditorium, and Chicago emerging as a world-class city.
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Opera Notorious (11-25-1910)
"Salome" was the boldest opera yet from Richard Strauss. Based on a story from the Bible, it shocked even some sophisticated Chicagoans.
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The Big Broadcast of 1921 (11-11-1921)
Soprano Mary Garden and the Chicago Grand Opera Company headline Chicago's first experimental radio broadcast from the Auditorium Theatre.
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Free Opera Tonight In Millennium Park
Opera is normally reserved for people with fairly deep pockets. It's an expensive genre to enjoy. Tonight, however, everyone can experience the pleasure of this dramatic art form....
