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February 2020
Freedom Ride with the Chicago Opera Theater
The world premiere of Freedom Ride by Dan Shore When the Congress of Racial Equality comes to New Orleans in the sweltering summer of 1961, Sylvie Davenport is torn. Handed a pamphlet and asked to board a Greyhound bus, Sylvie is forced to choose between her academic future and the future of the nation in a story that highlights how far we’ve come and how far we still have left to go. Tazewell Thompson (Blue, Jubilee) directs Cardiff prize winner Lauren…
Find out more »Freedom Ride with the Chicago Opera Theater
The world premiere of Freedom Ride by Dan Shore When the Congress of Racial Equality comes to New Orleans in the sweltering summer of 1961, Sylvie Davenport is torn. Handed a pamphlet and asked to board a Greyhound bus, Sylvie is forced to choose between her academic future and the future of the nation in a story that highlights how far we’ve come and how far we still have left to go. Tazewell Thompson (Blue, Jubilee) directs Cardiff prize winner Lauren…
Find out more »Freedom Ride with the Chicago Opera Theater
The world premiere of Freedom Ride by Dan Shore When the Congress of Racial Equality comes to New Orleans in the sweltering summer of 1961, Sylvie Davenport is torn. Handed a pamphlet and asked to board a Greyhound bus, Sylvie is forced to choose between her academic future and the future of the nation in a story that highlights how far we’ve come and how far we still have left to go. Tazewell Thompson (Blue, Jubilee) directs Cardiff prize winner Lauren…
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Southern Illinois Music Festival
An opera arias and choruses concert with full orchestra.
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West Side Story in concert
"Anita" in full concert version of Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story with Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra.
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“Anita” in full concert version of Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story with Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra.
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Immediate Song
Performing Dr. Steven Weimer's "Nothing Written Real," a song cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano with Jill Jantzen, pianist. Free concerts with a $15 suggested donation.
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