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Bellissima Opera

  • Un ballo in maschera —a Bellissima friendraiser

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    Claudia

    Oct 22, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Just in time for Halloween and World Opera Day, be inspired by masked balls of yore. Spend an exclusive evening with Bellissima Opera Artistic Director Christine Steyer, pianist Peter Storms, and 38 of your best new friends. Come unmask our 2023 season and upcoming commissioned…

  • World Premiere of Future Perfect – A Modern Tale of Curiosity

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    Dave DeGooyer

    Jun 23, 2022 – Jun 26, 2022 @ 12:00 am – TICKETS AND DETAILS at workinginconcert.org/futureperfect

  • Garden Party Friendraiser for Future Perfect

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    Claudia

    May 28, 2022 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm – Support the Future Perfect Opera premiere through this delicious musical event on Saturday, May 28.

  • International Women’s Day Concert Extravaganza

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    Claudia

    Mar 8, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm – — A Tribute to Women in the Arts by Women in the Arts Tickets NOW! Award-winning female singers are centerstage for our 2022 International Women’s Day (IWD) concert celebrating this year’s IWD theme, “Break the Bias.” The concert is presented by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church…

  • Women Hold Up Half The Sky

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    Dave DeGooyer

    Jan 16, 2022 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Christine Steyer and Peter Storms: Women Hold Up Half The Sky, Oak Park Church of Beethoven, Oak Park, presents Women Hold Up Half the Sky, a recital with soprano Christine Steyer, with collaborative pianist Peter Storms. Sunday, January 16th – 3:00pm Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 611…

  • Our operatic love letter “On Call: COVID-19” for essential healthcare workers

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    Claudia

    Nov 28, 2021 – Feb 28, 2022 @ 12:00 am – LEARN MORE or SIGN IN to WATCH NOW We are bringing our acclaimed online opera in thanks to health care workers who have been on the frontline of the fight against COVID-19. We’re especially please to have Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73…

  • Acclaimed Zoom Opera “On Call: COVID-19” returns online for a limited engagement

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    Dave DeGooyer

    Jun 8, 2021 – Jun 15, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – “Extraordinary! Compelling! Powerful and preeminently useful. In 59 minutes, this opera has endless possibilities and it will retain them even as COVID passes on.” “This opera has made me proud of the role that the arts play in this world, and that this is…

  • On Call: COVID-19 virtual opera premiere April 17-18

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    Claudia

    Apr 17, 2021 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Tickets are now on sale: workinginconcert.org/covidopera A donation of $10 or more brings you to the Stage-Door to meet the artists in a Zoom room following the performance. The Bellissima Opera Cast Gwendolyn Brown, contralto: Chicago health care worker “Sandra Jazmond Walker” Jeong Eun Joo, soprano: Seoul health…

  • Merry Mini-Christmas Concert from Paris and Chicago

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    Claudia

    Dec 22, 2020 @ 7:30 pm – 8:15 pm – Soprano Christine Steyer and singer-pianist Jean-Claude Orfali Guests: Paul Geiger and Huckleberry (as Rudolph the Reindeer) A livestream concert. Free admission. Register at this Zoom link for the second showing! Donations to the “tip jar” are most welcome.  

  • A Sweet Spot between our Worlds

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    Claudia

    May 11, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – Working in Concert presents —a concert celebrating the Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion, Christine Steyer, soprano and Jean-Claude Orfali pianist (of Cabaret Lapin Agile), guest soprano Claudia Hommel and percussionist Don Skoog. PianoForte Chicago, 1335 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago

  • Soirée Musicale in River Forest

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    Claudia

    Apr 14, 2019 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm – A Soirée Musicale to support the Bellissima Opera premiere of Future Perfect composed by David Shenton. Hors d’oeuvres, mini recital of opera and songs by David Shenton, short documentary and presentation on the vision for Future Perfect, meet and greet the artists, tour of Harlan’s…