Ravinia Festival is an outdoor music venue in Highland Park, Illinois.[2] It hosts a series of outdoor concerts and performances every summer from June to September. The first orchestra to perform at Ravinia Festival was the New York Philharmonic under Walter Damrosch on June 17, 1905, with the Chicago Tribune praising its "musical entertainment so satisfying in quality and so delightful in environment."[3] It has been the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) since 1936.[4] Located in the Ravinia neighborhood, the venue operates on the grounds of the 36-acre (15 ha) Ravinia Park, with a variety of outdoor and indoor performing arts facilities, including the architectural prairie style Martin Theater. The Ravinia Festival attracts about 600,000 listeners to some 120 to 150 events that span all genres from classical music to jazz to music theater over each three-month summer season.[2]
The Ravinia neighborhood, once an incorporated village before annexation in 1899, is actively maintained by the Ravinia Neighbors Association, who work to enhance and preserve Ravinia's architecture, history, and environment.[5] The business district on Roger Williams Ave., within walking distance from the Ravinia Festival grounds, includes neighborhood service businesses and restaurants.[6] Ravinia takes its name from the numerous steep-sided ravines that slice the shoreline near Lake Michigan.[5]
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RaviniaFestival is an outdoor music venue in Highland Park, Illinois. It hosts a series of outdoor concerts and performances every summer from June to...
in the Symphony Center since 1904 and plays a summer season at the RaviniaFestival. Klaus Mäkelä was named music director-designate in 2024, with his...
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director of the RaviniaFestival in 1990 and later became president and CEO. During his 10-year tenure he pioneered the jazz festival within Ravinia and a world...
United States including an engagement at the Highland Park, Illinois' RaviniaFestival in 1984 and played in London's West End. When the run ended, LuPone...
Orchestra and chief conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the RaviniaFestival, and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. She was elected...
in Passion as Giorgio. Cerveris has appeared several times at the RaviniaFestival Concerts (Chicago), including: Passion (2003), Sunday in the Park with...
Ravinia Park is a seasonal station on Metra's Union Pacific North Line located in Highland Park, Illinois. The station serves the RaviniaFestival, and...
music at the RaviniaFestival during May and June, the peak months of cicada activity in 2007. According to the Chicago Tribune, Ravinia adjusted the...
allegations, which he denied. Levine held leadership positions with the RaviniaFestival, the Munich Philharmonic, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 1980...
part of music festivals, such as the RaviniaFestival, the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, the North Sea Jazz Festival, and the Gent Jazz Festival. The Cheek to...
music as a small child, Bear made her professional piano debut at the RaviniaFestival at the age of five, the youngest performer ever to play there. She...
2002 Olympics Arts Festival) June 2, 2004 – The Seven Deadly Sins: A Song Cycle at Carnegie Hall August 26, 2007 – RaviniaFestival March 28, 2008 – Savannah...
reprised his performance at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven. For the RaviniaFestival, he appeared with Tony-winners Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Michael...
Cincinnati May Festival, from 1979 to 2016, was the longest such tenure in the festival's history. He served as music director of the RaviniaFestival from 2005...
Ravinia is a station on Metra's Union Pacific North Line. The station is located at 510 Roger Williams Avenue in Highland Park, Illinois. In Metra's zone-based...
Bridewell Theatre and one in Los Angeles at the Matrix Theatre. The RaviniaFestival presented a staged concert on August 26 and 27, 2005, with Audra McDonald...
Louis Lane. He debuted with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the RaviniaFestival on August 4, 1966, in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with conductor...
also made appearances at the Aspen Music Festival, the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, and the RaviniaFestival. In 2023, Lim was included in the Forbes 30...
Mercédès in Carmen. In 1924 she portrayed Ortrud in Lohengrin at the RaviniaFestival. In 1930 she toured America with the San Carlo Opera Company as Carmen...
Jazz Festival on 23 July 2010, and the McMenamin's Edgefield outdoor concert in Portland, Oregon on August 14, 2010, as well as the RaviniaFestival on...
name a few. She has sang many recitals including at the RaviniaFestival and the Marlboro Festival. In 2003 the Metropolitan Opera retired her soprano voice...
Park High School for "students, staff and community members." The RaviniaFestival in Highland Park announced the cancellation of all concerts and events...
Catania as Marie, Liz Larsen as Cleo, and Scott Waara as Herman. The RaviniaFestival in Chicago presented a concert version with George Hearn as Tony and...
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