Chicago Opera Theater (COT) is set to present the second Discovery Concert of the 2025-26 season titled, “In America’s Embrace: Celebrating Immigrant Composers.” The program, set for Jan. 18, 2026 at 3 p.m. local time, will include opera, musical theater and songs by composers who fled their native countries and came to America—some as children, others later in life—finding safety, {…}

The Chicago Opera Theater (COT) has announced a new opportunity for audiences to get a unique look inside the creative process this fall with a public piano/vocal workshop of “Trusted,” a new opera in development by composer Aaron Israel Levin and librettist Marella Martin Koch. The workshop, part of COT’s acclaimed Vanguard Initiative, will culminate in a public concert reading of the first {…}

Chicago Opera Theater will continue its 2024-25 season with the concert premiere of the sixth full-length opera produced through COT’s industry leading Vanguard Initiative. The work entitled “Remedios Varios para las Aflicciones del Cuerpo y el Espíritu” is composed by Carlos R. Carrillo with a libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann. The work is set in a world devoid of color and {…}

Chicago Opera Theater is set to celebrate the centennial of Giacomo Puccini’s death with “Bohème and Beyond – The Legacy of Puccini.” The concert will highlight how Puccini’s work impacted the evolution of opera and musical theater and will be performed at DePaul University’s Gannon Hall at the Holtschneider Performance Center on Dec. 7. This concert will feature beloved arias {…}