Chicago Opera Theater (COT) will illuminate Shakespeare and Antonio Salieri this fall with a trilogy of performances and events, culminating in the Chicago premiere of Salieri’s Falstaff, ossia Le tre ...

The Phantom of the Opera runs until Feb. 1 at the Cadillac Palace, 151 W. Randolph St. Tickets are available via Broadway in Chicago. Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre is hosting "The Phantom of the ...

In America’s Embrace is part of the America 250 artistic programming taking place nationwide in 2026 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. COT celebrates this ...

Opera companies around Chicago are reexamining aspects of the art form’s more than 400-year-old history this fall season. There are several intriguing opera rarities receiving Chicago premieres, plus ...

Jacqueline Echols McCarley (L), Deborah Nansteel, Chrystal E. Williams, and Leah Dexter in She Who Dared at Chicago Opera Theater Credit: Michael Brosilow Rosa Parks was perfect. Dignified, demure, ...

We’re at a pizza parlor, listening to “The Perversity of Captain Morgan.” This opera has everything: drunk pirates, “horny fish,” a preteen stowaway from Colorado, and a character referred to only as ...

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A new opera which premiered this week in Chicago highlights the lesser-known women who worked alongside Rosa Parks during the Civil Rights Movement. Reporter Courtney Kueppers from member station WBEZ ...