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Article: Hampson to provide high point as Ravinia embraces lieder recitals
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 4, 1996
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Thomas Hampson
8 p.m. Thursday; 7 p.m. Aug. 11
Ravinia Park, Green Bay at Lake-Cook, Highland Park
Tickets, $8-$35
(312) 728-4642
One baffling question of the current classical music scene is why
people aren't packing lieder recitals.
Few musical experiences can be as exciting or intimate as
settling into a comfortable theater seat to hear a single singer,
accompanied by piano, explore small but potent scenes of love, loss,
joy and sorrow. There are no costumes, scenery, fancy lights or
large orchestra. The singer doesn't even have an instrument to hide
behind. Nothing comes between audience and artist, and if the singer
is having a good night and the listeners are receptive, ...