The opera spotlights the women who challenged segregation in Montgomery, using classical music infused with sounds of gospel, jazz and the blues to tell the story centered around seven women.

The Civil Rights-era ‘She Who Dared,’ likely the first professionally staged opera by Black women, premieres June 3 in ...

Chicago Opera Theater has announced the lineup for its 1988-89 season. The company will open its 15th anniversary season with the Chicago premiere of ”Where the Wild Things Are,” sharing a ...

this production is a testament to the evolving landscape of American opera,” said Chicago Opera Theater Edlis Neeson General Director Lawrence Edelson, who also commissioned the opera in his ...

“The Nose” wasn’t planned as Lidiya Yankovskaya’s swan song from Chicago Opera Theater, the company she’s led as music director since 2017. But Dmitri Shostakovich’s absurdist ...

Chicago Opera Theater has announced its 2024/25 Season, the first programmed by Edlis Neeson General Director Lawrence Edelson who was appointed in 2023. The season builds on COT's commitment to ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Kovalyov (baritone Aleksey Bogdanov, right) must go out in search of his suddenly missing snout in Chicago Opera Theater’s production of “The Nose.” ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Martin Bakari (center) sings the title role in “Becoming Santa Claus,” presented by Chicago Opera Theater. Michael Brosilow Share Ballet has “The ...

Meanwhile, Chicago Opera Theater is emerging from its half-century celebration last season with two world premieres, “Remedios Varios” (April 5) and “She Who Dared” (June 3-8), and the Nor ...

The plucky Chicago Opera Theater begins its first season in its new Millennium Park space, the 1,400-seat Harris Theater, with Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, the fourth COT ...

For some classical music lovers, nothing can compare to a well-executed baroque opera, with the machine of the orchestra clicking along and the singers filigreeing their da capo ornaments on top.