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Chicago Opera Theater is a company laser-focused on living its values: • expanding the tradition of opera as a living art form • producing high-quality works new to Chicago audiences • identifying top-tier casts and creative talent • following through on commitments to equity and access – behind the scenes, on the stage, and in the audience Since its founding in 1973, in a city where storefront theaters and global icons thrive side by side, COT has grown from a grassroots, community-based company to a national leader in an increasingly vibrant, diverse, and forward-looking art form. COT has staged over 147 operas, including 75 Chicago premieres and 43 operas by American composers. In addition to its mainstage season, COT is devoted to the development and production of new opera in the United States through its Vanguard Initiative, launched in 2018. The Vanguard Initiative trains emerging opera composers, invests time and talent in new opera at various stages of the creative process, and opens up opportunities for Chicago audiences to become part of the development of new work, in dialogue with the creators themselves.
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She Who Dared - Choose Chicago

She Who Dared Choose Chicago

Chicago Opera Theater announces 2025/26 season - The Chicago Crusader

Chicago Opera Theater announces 2025/26 season The Chicago Crusader

Chicago Opera Theater's “She Who Dared” Tells the Story of Pivotal Figures in Black Liberation - Newcity Stage

Chicago Opera Theater's “She Who Dared” Tells the Story of Pivotal Figures in Black Liberation Newcity Stage

COT’s “Book of Mountains and Seas” provides a unique theatrical experience but it’s not opera, Doc - Chicago Classical Review

COT’s “Book of Mountains and Seas” provides a unique theatrical experience but it’s not opera, Doc Chicago Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater announces new General Director Lawrence Edelson - Windy City Times

Chicago Opera Theater announces new General Director Lawrence Edelson Windy City Times

Chicago Opera Theater to premiere expanded version of Sankaram’s “Taking Up Serpents” - The Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater to premiere expanded version of Sankaram’s “Taking Up Serpents” The Classical Review

Imagining Santa Claus’ Childhood in a Chicago Opera Theater Production - WTTW

Imagining Santa Claus’ Childhood in a Chicago Opera Theater Production WTTW

Remedios Varios para las Aflicciones del Cuerpo y el Espíritu - Choose Chicago

Remedios Varios para las Aflicciones del Cuerpo y el Espíritu Choose Chicago

Forgetting to Ask for Directions: A Review of Quamino’s Map at Chicago Opera Theater - Newcity Stage

Forgetting to Ask for Directions: A Review of Quamino’s Map at Chicago Opera Theater Newcity Stage

COT brings an affecting family tale to compelling life with “The Scarlet Ibis” - Chicago Classical Review

COT brings an affecting family tale to compelling life with “The Scarlet Ibis” Chicago Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater Generates Great Fun With Shostakovich’s ‘The Nose’: Review - WTTW

Chicago Opera Theater Generates Great Fun With Shostakovich’s ‘The Nose’: Review WTTW

COT’s “Quamino” premiere an uplifting tale undone by weak libretto and music - Chicago Classical Review

COT’s “Quamino” premiere an uplifting tale undone by weak libretto and music Chicago Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater Captures Extreme Passions in Pair of Life-and-Death One-Acts - WTTW

Chicago Opera Theater Captures Extreme Passions in Pair of Life-and-Death One-Acts WTTW

COT scores with the unsettling, darkly brilliant “Elizabeth Cree” - Chicago Classical Review

COT scores with the unsettling, darkly brilliant “Elizabeth Cree” Chicago Classical Review

COT spikes the holiday brew with a delightful “Becoming Santa Claus” - Chicago Classical Review

COT spikes the holiday brew with a delightful “Becoming Santa Claus” Chicago Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater goes audaciously aquatic with “Orpheus” - Chicago Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater goes audaciously aquatic with “Orpheus” Chicago Classical Review

COT’s trivial “Freedom Ride” reduces Civil Rights heroes to soap opera cliches - Chicago Classical Review

COT’s trivial “Freedom Ride” reduces Civil Rights heroes to soap opera cliches Chicago Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater is jazzed about presenting Ellington’s “Queenie Pie” - Chicago Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater is jazzed about presenting Ellington’s “Queenie Pie” Chicago Classical Review

A radiant von Stade can’t raise COT’s “Coffin in Egypt” - Chicago Classical Review

A radiant von Stade can’t raise COT’s “Coffin in Egypt” Chicago Classical Review

Scant musical invention in COT’s “Invention of Morel” - Chicago Classical Review

Scant musical invention in COT’s “Invention of Morel” Chicago Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater: Fifty and Fabulous. - Classic Chicago Magazine

Chicago Opera Theater: Fifty and Fabulous. Classic Chicago Magazine

Opera checks all the boxes for COT’s Lidiya Yankovskaya - Chicago Classical Review

Opera checks all the boxes for COT’s Lidiya Yankovskaya Chicago Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater wraps Medea cycle with a supremely stylish and well sung “Teseo” - The Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater wraps Medea cycle with a supremely stylish and well sung “Teseo” The Classical Review

Review: The Emperor of Atlantis & The Clever One/Chicago Opera Theater - Newcity Stage

Review: The Emperor of Atlantis & The Clever One/Chicago Opera Theater Newcity Stage

A Repressed Mother’s Boy Breaks Free in Benjamin Britten’s Satirical Opera ‘Albert Herring’ - WTTW

A Repressed Mother’s Boy Breaks Free in Benjamin Britten’s Satirical Opera ‘Albert Herring’ WTTW

Through the Holiday Looking-Glass: A Review of “Becoming Santa Claus” at Chicago Opera Theater - Newcity Stage

Through the Holiday Looking-Glass: A Review of “Becoming Santa Claus” at Chicago Opera Theater Newcity Stage

Chicago Opera Theater’s excellent cast and superb conductor lead Rossini’s static “Moses” out of the desert - Chicago Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater’s excellent cast and superb conductor lead Rossini’s static “Moses” out of the desert Chicago Classical Review

‘The Nose’ review: The work receives superb staging at Chicago Opera Theater - Chicago Sun-Times

‘The Nose’ review: The work receives superb staging at Chicago Opera Theater Chicago Sun-Times

Review: Macbeth/Chicago Opera Theater - Newcity Stage

Review: Macbeth/Chicago Opera Theater Newcity Stage

Transformation and Transfiguration: A Review of The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing at Chicago Opera Theater - Newcity Stage

Transformation and Transfiguration: A Review of The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing at Chicago Opera Theater Newcity Stage

'She Who Dared' shines a powerful light on four overlooked heroines of the Civil Rights Movement - Chicago Sun-Times

'She Who Dared' shines a powerful light on four overlooked heroines of the Civil Rights Movement Chicago Sun-Times

Riding the Waves of Madness and Sanity in Opera Version of ‘Moby-Dick’ - WTTW

Riding the Waves of Madness and Sanity in Opera Version of ‘Moby-Dick’ WTTW

'She Who Dared' opera that honors the Black women of Civil Rights Movement - Chicago Sun-Times

'She Who Dared' opera that honors the Black women of Civil Rights Movement Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Opera Theater’s worthy revival of Bloch’s “Macbeth” undone by unkind cuts - The Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater’s worthy revival of Bloch’s “Macbeth” undone by unkind cuts The Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater’s lively young cast shines in Shostakovich’s charming “Moscow, Cheryomushki” - The Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater’s lively young cast shines in Shostakovich’s charming “Moscow, Cheryomushki” The Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater’s excellent cast and musical values undermined by post-modern silliness in Cavalli’s “Giasone” - The Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater’s excellent cast and musical values undermined by post-modern silliness in Cavalli’s “Giasone” The Classical Review

Brian Dickie to exit Chicago Opera Theater - The Classical Review

Brian Dickie to exit Chicago Opera Theater The Classical Review

Inside the Mind of Andreas Mitisek - Chicago Magazine

Inside the Mind of Andreas Mitisek Chicago Magazine

Chicago Opera Theater’s fine cast, stylish staging make a worthy case for “Médée” - The Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater’s fine cast, stylish staging make a worthy case for “Médée” The Classical Review

In one big weekend, Chicago Opera Theater shows off an opera in progress and a brand-new production - Chicago Reader

In one big weekend, Chicago Opera Theater shows off an opera in progress and a brand-new production Chicago Reader

Cecelia Hall in Chicago Opera Theater’s ‘Teseo’ - Chicago Magazine

Cecelia Hall in Chicago Opera Theater’s ‘Teseo’ Chicago Magazine

Chicago Opera Theater to open season with light-hearted Shostakovich operetta (no, really) - The Classical Review

Chicago Opera Theater to open season with light-hearted Shostakovich operetta (no, really) The Classical Review

Linda Blumenshine Obituary (2016) - Chicago, IL - Chicago Tribune - Legacy obituary

Linda Blumenshine Obituary (2016) - Chicago, IL - Chicago Tribune Legacy obituary

COT’s fine cast and stylish staging can’t save Britten’s talky, turgid “Wingrave” - Chicago Classical Review

COT’s fine cast and stylish staging can’t save Britten’s talky, turgid “Wingrave” Chicago Classical Review

Things to do in Chicago Jan. 26-Feb. 1: The Mix - Chicago Sun-Times

Things to do in Chicago Jan. 26-Feb. 1: The Mix Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago-area theaters offer eclectic mix of shows for the holiday season - Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago-area theaters offer eclectic mix of shows for the holiday season Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Opera Theater's 'Coronation of Poppea' - Windy City Times

Chicago Opera Theater's 'Coronation of Poppea' Windy City Times

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