The Opera Festival of Chicago returns with a season of celebration in its fifth season, May 9 – June 29, 2025 at venues across the greater Chicagoland area.
The 2025 Festival, our fifth season, is going to be a season of celebration here at the Opera Festival of Chicago. This organization began forging its path in the opera world in 2021 with the mission of presenting Italian opera masterworks that rarely-if ever grace the stage in the United States. These fully staged productions feature star-studded casts and have included several US and Chicago premiers. This season, which is based on a powerful theme, “Love is a Triangle,” continues the tradition with two Italian masterworks and several concerts.
-Sasha Gerritson, General Director
This dark and powerful tale of love, passion, jealousy, betrayal and murder, was once a staple of the operatic repertoire, then mysteriously vanished. Directed by Opera Festival of Chicago's acclaimed General Director, Sasha Gerritson. The Opera Festival Of Chicago orchestra will be led by Music Director, Uff. Emanuele Andrizzi.
Cast: Andrea Silvestrelli | Matthew DiBattista | Franco Pomponi | Maria Kanyova
This dark and powerful tale of love, passion, jealousy, betrayal and murder, was once a staple of the operatic repertoire, then mysteriously vanished. Directed by Opera Festival of Chicago's acclaimed General Director, Sasha Gerritson. The Opera Festival Of Chicago orchestra will be led by Music Director, Uff. Emanuele Andrizzi.
Cast: Andrea Silvestrelli | Matthew DiBattista | Franco Pomponi | Maria Kanyova
Opera Festival of Chicago highlights their rising stars of the Young Artists Program with a special event dedicated to food in opera.
Cast: Festival Young Artists
See the 2025 Opera Festival of Chicago's leading artists in concert at the Jarvis Opera Hall.
Cast: Festival company members including Angela DeVenuto, Jerek Fernandez, David Greene, Maria Kanyova, Joseph Lodato, Leo Radosavljevich, Franco Pomponi and more!
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: Michelle Allie Drever | Jonathan Burton | Franco Pomponi | Jerek Fernandez | Jonathan Wilson
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: Michelle Allie Drever | Jonathan Burton | Franco Pomponi | Jerek Fernandez | Jonathan Wilson
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