The most arresting facet of Diamanda Galás’s music is that it treats terror as an affecting, illuminating experience. Her 1982 solo debut, The Litanies of Satan, combines tape music with her commanding vocals to capture (as she wrote in the liner notes) the “emeraldine perversity of the life struggle in Hell.” Her landmark 1986 album, […]
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Tiresias Was a Weatherman is an Antigone for our age of extreme weather and constant medication
Organic Theater Company tackles climate change, Big Pharma, family dysfunction, the evils of the media machine, and too much else for one play.
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Prometheus Bound remains inert
The eponymous Prometheus is seen not so much as standing for anything as he is standing, basta.
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Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis builds an intentional community in jazz
Dave Rempis organizes concerts, mentors young musicians, and connects players from across the States and abroad—modeling the commitment and generosity that keep the jazz scene viable.
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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.
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Why I live in a city pt. something
Two things you should note: Chicago Opera Vanguard, and the new Web site Chicago Classical Review.