Photo credit: Elliot  Mandel

Chicago’s Music of the Baroque (MOB) has lined up five concerts as its season continues into winter and spring 2022. Here are the vocal performances MOB has slated.

“Classical Heroines,” conducted by Nicholas Kraemer, features baroque specialist, soprano Amanda Forsythe singing Cleopatra’s aria “Da tempeste” from Händel’s “Giulio Cesare,” Haydn’s “Scena di Berenice,” Dido’s famous lament from Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas,” and others.

Performance Dates: March 20, 2022, at The North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, and March 21, at The Harris Theater in Millennium Park

Next up, Dame Jane Glover conducts a performance of Bach’s “Easter Oratorio,” on Palm Sunday weekend. The concert features soprano Yulia Van Doren, mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong, tenor James Gilchrist, and bass-baritone  .

Performance Dates: April 10, 2022, at The North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, and April 11, at The Harris Theater in Millennium Park