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The grand American epic arrives in Chicago in an international co-production.
Based on Herman Melville’s magnum opus, the opera takes the sprawling novel and distills it to under three …
“Everest” is a 2015 work based on the same expedition that inspired Jon Krakauer’s best-selling book “Into Thin Air.” It tells the harrowing story of a 1996 three-man …
COT’s second opera of the season, “Freedom Ride,” is also the company’s second ever world premiere commission. “Freedom Ride” is set in New Orleans during the summer of …
Music and Libretto by David T. Little
Film by Bill Morrison
May 14, 15, 16 & 17, 2020
Edlis Neeson Theater at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Conducted by COT Staley Music …
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In addition to its programmed mainstage season, COT is devoted to the development and production of new opera in the United States through the Vanguard Initiative, launched in the Spring of 2018. The Vanguard Initiative mentors emerging opera composers, invests time and talent in new opera at various stages of the creative process and presents the Living Opera Series to showcase new and developing work.