Chicago Opera Theater’s exploration of the civil rights movement traces one fictional woman’s journey.
Author Archives: Deanna Isaacs
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Madama Butterfly is the ultimate bad date story
“Honor incarnate” meets a dirtbag in Puccini’s opera, with tragic results.
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Ravinia finds a new conductor and curator
Marin Alsop takes on a newly created role at the music festival.
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Robots will eat your job
The Passion Economy author Adam Davidson on why that’s a good thing
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Build it and they will come
Arts and Business Council heads to the south and west sides.
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Safe bet, sucker deal
The Chicago casino will raise far less money for the city than originally promised.
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The Light in the Piazza is a holiday-season treat at Lyric
Renée Fleming stars in Adam Guettel’s rapturous romantic musical.
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In search of a happier ending
Raven Theatre has wiped its founders from its history.
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We three queens
Sondra Radvanovsky sings the last acts of Donizetti’s three Tudor queen operas.
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When preservation gets prickly
Neighbors want to save Ken Nordine’s Edgewater mansion; if he could still talk to us, he might not agree.
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On a bountiful opera weekend, Chicago Opera Theater climbs a peak
Chicago Opera Theater’s Everest is stunning contemporary opera.
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At Columbia College, a contested part-time faculty union election
Longtime CFAC president Diana Vallera and her team face a reform slate.
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Earth to Kenzie has a message: kids are homeless too
There are three public performances of Lyric’s new children’s opera this weekend.
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Staff pick: Best huge old thrift shop, about to disappear
The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center
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Dead Man Walking makes its gut-punching Lyric debut
Jake Heggie’s opera took nearly 20 years to make the journey to Lyric, but it’s not to be missed.