The Opera Festival of Chicago returns for an exciting fifth season, May 9 – June 29, 2025 at venues across the greater Chicagoland area. The festival will bring opera performances across Chicagoland including the Athenaeum Theatre, Artifacts Events, Jarvis Opera House at DePaul University, and the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts.
Next Performance
See the 2025 Opera Festival of Chicago's leading artists in concert at the Jarvis Opera Hall.
Cast: To be announced
The season concludes with one of the pillars of Italian opera and one of the most passionate dramas of all times, Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo.
Cast: Jonathan Burton | Michelle Allie Drever
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