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HTP Mainstage music programming opens with Love in Exile, a new project and recording by the powerhouse trio of Grammy-winning singer and composer Arooj Aftab, pianist Vijay Iyer, and multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily that explores freedom and identity through jazz and electronic improvisation. The season also features a dynamic reexamination of Baroque and early music; Dinis Sousa conducts the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists for Bach’s monumental B Minor Mass and Handel’s L’Allegro, while the Los Angeles Master Chorale—conducted by Grant Gershon and directed by Peter Sellars—presents a deeply personal meditation on grief and loss with a unique staged performance of Heinrich Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien (Music to Accompany a Departure).
HTP Mainstage dance opens with the Chicago premiere of Akram Khan’s Jungle Book reimagined, a reinterpretation of the classic story to speak to future generations through the lens of climate change and refugee crises. New Zealand’s celebrated Black Grace makes its Chicago debut in February, followed by the return of New York City Ballet with two programs that celebrate past, present, and future: an evening of classical favorites by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, and a bill of contemporary works by Kyle Abraham, Justin Peck, Pam Tanowitz, and Christopher Wheeldon.
Please note that Carnival of the Animals by Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Francesca Harper, and Wendy Whelan, originally scheduled for April 10, 2024, has been postponed to the 2024-25 Mainstage season and will no longer be part of the current season programming.
Additionally, Sir John Eliot Gardiner who was originally scheduled to appear with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, has withdrawn from the performances due to personal reasons. Dinis Sousa will be stepping in to conduct the programs on October 21 and 22, 2023.