- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Mar 21, 2013
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Jim Cuomo
This saxophonist and composer played experimental psych with Spoils of War and acid folk with Mormos, and now writes for a brass band in Australia.
- News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Feb 14, 2013
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Under a new general director, Chicago Opera Theater aims to seduce
Andreas Mitisek shakes things up, beginning with Philip Glass's The Fall of the House of Usher.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 6, 2012
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Rabid Rabbit's dark take on opera at New Capital's 24HRS/25DAYS celebration
Local four-piece avent-garge metal act Rabid Rabbid take on the doom and gloom of Richard Wagner's Gotterdammerung
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 3, 2012
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Coming soon: films by Werner Schroeter
Thoughts on the late German director, the subject of an upcoming partial retrospective at Facets
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 6, 2011
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Opera in the movies, and vice versa
A consideration of the relationship between opera and film.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, Feb 24, 2011
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Yours, Jimmy
Written 60 years ago and rediscovered on eBay, a young gay man’s personal letters become fodder for a new opera.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 6, 2011
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This Week in Food & Drink: A salami evangelist, the Florentine, Key Ingredient spirulina, and more
In this week's Food & Drink: the Sodfather, the Florentine, Paul Virant of Vie takes our Key Ingredient chef challenge of spirulina, and the latest openings and closings.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink News, Jan 6, 2011
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On the Rocks: Le Passage
Belgium comes to West Town, Patty’s Diner closes, and more
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 18, 2010
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Class Act
An ex-postal worker turned bomber tries to shake down the swells
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 22, 2010
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It Didn't Begin Until the Fat Lady Sang
How the curtain rose on our national opera
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 22, 2009
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Il Trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" screens live from Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona on Tuesday 12/22 at Columbia College.
- News & Features, Feature, Jul 23, 2009
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Pass the Helmet: Bringing Opera to a Bar, Church, or Cabaret Near You
A new crop of scrappy troupes is making opera accessible--for both audiences and aspiring singers.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 7, 2009
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7/10, 7/11 -- Free opera performances
The Grant Park Orchestra & Chorus performs selections from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance" and "The Mikado" at Friday and Saturday at Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavilion
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 17, 2008
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11/17 -- William Burden at the Cultural Center
Tonight: Tenor William Burden gives a free performance at the Chicago Cultural Center.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 17, 2008
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Fleetwood-Jourdain's Porgy and Bess
An ambitious community theater production of Porgy and Bess, with plenty going for it
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Sidebar, Apr 21, 2005
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My First Ring
The endurance test that is Wagner's masterpiece.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Sidebar, Feb 10, 2005
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Diva Doina
Doina Dimitriu steps into Renata Tebaldi's shoes--and Maria Callas's bodice--in the Lyric's Tosca.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Sidebar, Oct 12, 2000
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Not So Great
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Sidebar, Jul 27, 2000
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Feast For the Eyes, Famine For the Ears
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Sidebar, Feb 17, 2000
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