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OperaFest IX


  • Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt Univeristy 430 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL, 60605 United States (map)

Dana Brown and Scott Gilmore, music directors
Andrew Eggert and Susan Payne O'Brien, stage directors

This two-day annual festival features CCPA graduate students in voice with piano accompaniment. OperaFest takes place in multiple venues, including Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University’s award-winning architectural landmark, and the Murray-Green Library on the Auditorium Building’s 10th floor, overlooking Buckingham Fountain and Lake Michigan. The performance schedule for both Saturday, October 29 and Sunday, October 30 is as follows:

1 p.m. Auditorium Building room 178 (1st floor, accessible from Wabash entrance only)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Impresario

2 p.m. Murray-Green Library (10th floor)
Jordan Jenkins: The Blind Date (world premiere)
Dominick Argento: Miss Manners on Music

3 p.m. Ganz Hall (7th floor)
Joseph Haydn: The Songstress

4:00 p.m. Murray-Green Library (10th floor)
Gian Carlo Menotti: Amelia Goes to the Ball

These performances are free and open to the public. Tickets are not required; seating is on a first-come, first served basis.