Opera in the classroom
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Jul 30, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – One of opera’s most beloved comedies. faced a serious challenge: convincing Emperor Joseph II to approve a work that questioned inherited privilege, social hierarchy, and rights of the ruling class. We’ve brought Mozart, his librettist Da Ponte, the playwright Beaumarchais and…
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Mar 8, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Our annual celebration showcasing women in the arts.Advanced reservation discount ends March 6. Singers Kimberly Jones, Janet Mensen Reynolds, Alison Meuth, and Christine Steyer are joined by collaborative pianists Jennifer McCabe and Sarah Yoon-Mayer. Special guests will be poet Maureen Kwiat Meshenberg and singer Dayanara…
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Oct 28, 2023 @ 11:30 am – 5:00 pm – On Saturday, October 28, Oak Park’s Happy Apple Pie Shop will donate 10% of all their pies and mini-pie sales to Working In Concert’s Opera In The Classroom program. Since 2010, our Bellissima Opera outreach program has brought music to 24,000 area school kids. Working In Concert President Christine Steyer will…
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Oct 7, 2019 @ 12:00 am – Bellissima Opera’s Christine Steyer and Juliana Engel visit Chicago Public’s Kinzie 8th graders to work with students on the art design aspects of Future Perfect, an opera work in progress