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Working In Concert concerts

  • J is for January, Jazz, Jukebox and Joy

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    Claudia

    Jan 28, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Show and Dinner to brighten the short days of winter. SongShop Live presents a jump-for-joy songfest led by music director Howie Pfeifer with singers Evelyn Danner, Patrick Davis, Susan Dennis, Ruth Fuerst, Beth Halevy, Christian Halvorsen, Carrie Hedges, Claudia Hommel, Cristina Marinescu, Gina Mincy, Sue…

  • Bellissima Opera Music Game Night

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    Katie Rub

    Feb 3, 2024 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Super-fun music game night in an historic Oak Park home. Attendees stack up points for rounds of boom-whackers, kazoos, rhythm games, name-that-opera and more. Prizes, Upscale Carnival Style Food, Raffles! Limit 30 people. Tickets on sale December 1.

  • International Women’s Day Concert

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    Claudia

    Mar 8, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Our annual celebration showcasing women in the arts. 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 Fernandez. The concert will be…

  • Chicago Cabaret Week 2024

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    Katie Rub

    May 10, 2024 – May 19, 2024 @ All Day – Chicago Cabaret Week returns for its third year! Unique in the U.S., the festival features a variety of blues, jazz, American songbook, world music, pop, and Broadway by some of Chicago’s finest artists. Sample Chicago’s revitalized cabaret scene and explore places where performers and…

  • Making a scene with American opera

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    Claudia

    Jun 27, 2024 – Jun 28, 2024 @ 12:00 am – Join us for a presentation of scenes from American Operas. Experience our common ground through the unique stories and tonal language of American opera. Hear familiar works and new ones, including excerpts from Outside the Ring, Bellissima’s forthcoming opera in The Transcendence Series.

  • Chicago-Paris Cabaret Connexion 2024

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    Katie Rub

    Oct 26, 2024 – Nov 4, 2024 @ All Day – Save the date for the 2024 exchange of the Connexion in Chicago. More details coming soon.

  • Fairies in Chicago and Elves in Paris

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    Claudia

    Nov 1, 2024 – Nov 4, 2024 @ 12:00 am – Share an evening of discovery. Come for a fully staged performance of the delightful French opera, Le dernier sorcier, by Pauline Viardot-Garcia and songs of the renowned Chicago African-American composer Florence Price. This event will take part during the Cabaret Connexion conference and festival in…