Upcoming Operas
November 15
The Clever One by Orff and The Emperor of Atlantis by Ullmann — Chicago Opera Theater presents The Emperor of Atlantis (Der Kaiser von Atlantis) and The Clever One (Die Kluge) are two satires about oppression and dictatorship. Both operas were composed in 1943 but in different worlds: Ullman's work in the concentration camp of Theresienstadt (Terezin), ...
November 22
Macbeth by Verdi — Revering Shakespeare above all other playwrights, Giuseppe Verdi based three operas on the Bard’s works. His electrifying psychodrama Macbeth was the first, a blood-soaked portrayal of ambition and guilt. Riccardo Muti, the “greatest Verdi conductor of our time” (Chicago Tribune), leads the incomparable ...