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Contact: Colleen Flanigan Director of Marketing and Public Relations 312.704.8420, x225 cflanigan@chicagooperatheater.org PLEASE NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 Chicago Opera Theater’s New General Director Andreas Mitisek Announces 2013…
CHICAGO OPERA THEATER PRESENTS George Frideric Handel’s “Teseo”
Contact: Colleen Flanigan Director of Marketing and Public Relations 312.704.8420, x225 cflanigan@chicagooperatheater.org CHICAGO OPERA THEATER PRESENTS George Frideric Handel TESEO The Second Production of the 2012 Season – General…
Chicago Opera Theater Presents the 2012 Annual Gala “A Celebration Less Ordinary” at Carnivale, March 11th, 2012
CHICAGO OPERA THEATER PRESENTS THE 2012 ANNUAL GALA “A Celebration Less Ordinary” AT CARNIVALE March 11th, 2012 WITH A PERFORMANCE BY GRAMMY AWARD WINNER SYLVIA MCNAIR HONORING BRIAN DICKIE IN…
Chicago Opera Theater Announces the Appointment of Andreas Mitisek as General Director
Contact: Colleen Flanigan 312.704.8420 x 225 cflanigan@chicagooperatheater.org CHICAGO OPERA THEATER ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF ANDREAS MITISEK AS GENERAL DIRECTOR CHICAGO, IL (December 7, 2011) – Chicago Opera Theater (COT) Board…
Tutu urges South African opera not to tour Israel (AP)
JOHANNESBURG – Retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who earned a Nobel for his peaceful opposition to apartheid, is urging the Cape Town Opera troupe not to tour Israel until discrimination there ends. In a statement Tuesday Tutu compared the troupe’s visit next month to international artists performing in apartheid South Africa.
Multimedia Opera Production to Debut at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO — (Sept. 21, 2010) — On Oct. 22, Roosevelt University will host a multimedia opera production composed and produced by Kyong Mee Choi, assistant professor of music composition in…
Final 4 acts advance on ‘America’s Got Talent’ (AP)
LOS ANGELES – Three very different singers and a group of special-effects wizards got talent — and votes. Soulful 30-year-old crooner Michael Grimm, flashy 32-year-old showman John “Prince Poppycock” Quale, 10-year-old opera phenom Jackie Evancho and 13-man performance troupe Fighting Gravity are advancing to the “America’s Got Talent” finale.
Aretha and Rice make music at Philly concert (AP)
PHILADELPHIA – Condoleezza Rice is no stranger to the whims of royalty. So when the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin, decided the two should get together to play a song or two for charity, it was decreed.
NY’s Metropolitan Opera reports 2009 fiscal woes (AP)
NEW YORK – The Metropolitan Opera survived a brutal fiscal year in 2009, losing tens of millions of dollars on Wall Street while expenses kept climbing, according to tax returns filed this week. The company finished the year with its net worth down substantially and sizable debts looming in coming years.
Chicago Opera Theater’s OPERA FOR ALL Concludes Its 10th Year!
Contact: Daniel Jackman 312.704.8420, x213 djackman@chicagooperatheater.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CHICAGO OPERA THEATER’S OPERA FOR ALL CONCLUDES ITS 10th YEAR! Final Performances at Von Humboldt Elementary School, Reilly Elementary and Hampton…