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December 2011

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  • Classical: Top 11 stories of 2011
    Posted: 12/30/2011
    Andrew Patner
    Chicago Sun-Times

    "An artistic savior's imminent farewell...Chicago is in (Brian) Dickie's debt."


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  • Adventurous times for classical music lovers
    Posted: 12/28/2011
    John von Rhein
    Tribune Critic

    "(Dickie's) penultimate season boasted winning productions of Tod Machover's Death and the Powers and Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Medea."
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  • Andreas Mitisek to Lead Chicago Opera Theater
    Posted: 12/7/2011
    Chicago Opera Theater announced its soon-to-be general director designate at an official press conference this afternoon. Austrian conductor Andreas Mitisek, currently artistic and general director of Long Beach Opera, will take the helm from current general director Brian Dickie when Dickie's contract ends on August 31, 2012.
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  • New Chicago Opera Theater Chief Andreas Mitisek Outlines Bold Vision
    Posted: 12/7/2011
    Chicago Opera Theater has turned to another European-bred impresario with similar tastes in repertory and production style to succeed Brian Dickie as the company's next general director when the latter steps down next year.
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  • Chicago Opera Theater Jumps into the Talent Pool
    Posted: 12/6/2011
    Andreas Mitisek, who has made creative waves by staging operas in offbeat venues such as swimming pools, ship hulls and parking garages, has been named as the incoming general director of Chicago Opera Theater. He succeeds Brian Dickie, who raised COT's international profile during his 12-year tenure.
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