Chicago

An enticing preview of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025-2026 season  

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United StatesUnited States ‘Sunday in the Park with Lyric’ – Various: Soloists from the Ryan Opera Center and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago / Enrique Mazzola (conductor). Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, 7.9.2025. (JLZ)

Members of the Ryan Opera Center, the Lyric Opera Orchestra and conductor Enrique Mazzola © Kyle Flubacker

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Randall Goosby honors Florence Price in a heartfelt Chicago Symphony performance

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United StatesUnited States Prokofiev, Price, Wagner: Randall Goosby (violin), Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 5.6.2025. (ZC)

Sir Mark Elder conducts violinist Randall Goosby and the CSO in Price’s Violin Concerto No.2 © Todd Rosenberg Photography

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra shines under Mäkelä’s baton in Brahms, Boulez and Dvořák

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United StatesUnited States Brahms, Boulez, Dvořák: Daniil Trifonov (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 2.5.2025. (ZC)

Klaus Mäkelä conducts pianist Daniil Trifonov and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra © Todd Rosenberg Photography

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Klaus Mäkelä leads the Chicago Symphony in a vivid Mahler’s Third Symphony

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United StatesUnited States Mahler, Symphony No.3 in D minor: Wiebke Lehmkuhl (contralto), Uniting Voices of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Symphony Center, Chicago, 25.4.2025. (JLZ)

Klaus Mäkelä conducting Wiebke Lehmkuhl (contralto) and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra © Todd Rosenberg Photography

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