REVIEW: By any measure, “Moby-Dick” is a defining success in the history of the Chicago Opera Theater.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 04:31PMAlvin Ailey presented the Midwest premiere of "Lazarus" with an explosive performance epitomizing the supreme skill and commitment of its dancers.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 01:39PMThis hip, imaginative work clearly taps into the contemporary zeitgeist.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 01:06PMThis work, which the Royal Swedish Ballet debuted in 2015, has nothing directly to do with Shakespeare’s play of the same title, so don’t be confused.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 08:00AMRiccardo Muti brought obvious zeal to Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, shaping an agile, exhilarating performance.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 01:40PMThe 2018 installment of the annual throws the spotlight on the city’s teeming dance scene, with dozens of classes, performances and special offerings.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 09:00AMThe company, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2017-18, has never looked better, delivering pinpoint precision, unflagging verve.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 03:54PMSuperbly prepared by Duain Wolfe these 114 singers brought a suitably nuanced and restrained approach to this masterwork.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 01:30PMLyric Opera deserves credit for going outside the conventional stable of opera designers for a startlingly fresh vision.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 02:50PM“People see ‘Revelations’ like they do the National Anthem at a ball game,” says Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater artistic director Robert Battle.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 09:00AMAcross its four performances, ABT is alternating two completely different programs with a total of six complete works.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 12:03PMChicago Opera Theater putting its spin on the work, which is set in the world of Victorian London in which a a serial killer is on the loose.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 09:30AMThe virtually sold-out program in Orchestra Hall on Saturday centered on two 19th-century stalwarts and a pair of crowd-pleasing, blue-chip artists.
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