Opera on Tap Chicago Presents: Gender Bender 5!
Opera on Tap Chicago brings its FIFTH annual Gender Bender concert to the Empirical Brewery. A night of arias and scenes turned on their heads! Come watch some gender get bent, twisted, and made fluid -opera style.
Featuring:
Joshua Louis Smith, tenor
Dennis Kalup, tenor
Amanda Neal, soprano
Bethany Brautigam, soprano
Kate Sikora, soprano
Joelle Kross, soprano
Marysa Abbas, soprano
Megan Cook, soprano
Claire DiVizio, soprano
Stan de Cwikiel, tenor
Lexi Schiano, soprano
Sam Attaguile, mezzo
Antoni Scarano, baritone
Katherine Bruton, soprano
Ian Hosack, baritone
and Myron Silberstein on piano!
Tuesday, February 19th, 8pm
Empirical Brewery
$5 cover
Opera on Tap Chicago Presents the 2nd Annual Diva-Off!
Opera on Tap and Mary’s Attic present the second annual Diva-Off!
Originated by OOT Twin Cities, the Diva-Off is a competition where singers bring their A-game arias to compete for the position of reigning Opera on Tap Chicago Diva or Divo. There will be prize money, and our panel of judges for this illustrious competition will be drag queens and a king! Between singer rounds, these drag judges will each perform a number as well.
Monday, December 10th
8pm
Mary’s Attic
5400 N Clark St
$10 cover – cash at door or online
Featuring:
Alexandra Plattos Sulack
Haley Vick
Stan DeCwikiel
Steven Michael Patrick
Claire DiVizio
Jessie Lyons
Amanda Noelle Neal
Heather Marie Hjelle
Myron Silberstein, piano
Our Judges:
Lucy Stoole
Mick Douch
Sigourney Beaver
Ring Boi:
Beau K
Opera on Tap Chicago presents: Holiday Ham & Cheese
Tuesday, November 20th
8pm
The Heartland Cafe Bar
7000 N Glenwood Ave
$5 cover
Join us for Opera on Tap Chicago’s annual Holiday Ham & Cheese show! A night of opera’s hammiest and cheesiest classics sung by the OOT Chicago roster.
Featuring:
Marysa Abbas, soprano
Chloe Bluml, soprano
Bethany Brautigam, soprano
Isabel Davis-Velazquez, soprano
Stephen Hobe, baritone
Sarah Thompson Johansen, soprano
Jeff Luksik, baritone
Steven Michael Patrick, tenor
Alexandra Plattos, soprano
Justine Scarbrough, soprano
Lexi Schiano, soprano
Joshua Louis Smith, tenor
Evita Trembley, mezzo
Haley Vick, soprano
with Sarah Jenks, piano
Opera on Tap Chicago presents: OOToberfest!
Sunday, October 28th
5:30pm – Silent Auction
6:00pm – Program of Opera’s Greatest Hits
The Empirical Taproom
1801 W Foster Ave
Chicago, IL
$15 Suggested Donation
includes 1 complimentary beer/soda, and complimentary pizza & wings from JB Alberto’s!
BONUS: $1 of all beers purchased will be donated to Opera on Tap Chicago!
Tickets can be purchased here.
Join Opera on Tap Chicago for our annual OOToberfest fundraiser hosted at The Empirical Taproom in Andersonville. We’ll have a fantastic silent auction with tickets to live performances, gift cards, gift baskets, and more! Come and enjoy your favorite tunes on this program of Opera’s Greatest Hits.
Featuring:
Samantha Attaguile, mezzo
Kirstin Rower, soprano
Kate Sikora, soprano
Caesar Sanchez, soprano
Claire DiVizio,soprano
Dennis Kalup, tenor
Mary Lutz-Govertson, soprano
Stan De Cwikiel, tenor
Diana Stoic, soprano
Kat Dalin, mezzo
Antoni Scarano, baritone
Anna Caldwell, soprano
Marysa Abbas, soprano
Sarah Thompson Johansen, soprano
Megan Cook, soprano
And special guest Alexandra LoBianco, soprano!
with Sarah Jenks, Piano
Opera on Tap Chicago presents: Sing-A-Song September
Tuesday, September 25th
8pm
The Elbo Room
2871 N Lincoln Ave
$5 cover
Opera on Tap Chicago presents: Take Two!
Tuesday, August 21st
8pm
The Heartland Cafe Bar
7000 N Glenwood Ave
$5 cover
Join Opera on Tap Chicago as we Take Two!
Performers will sing duets, arias from the second act of operas, arias of secondary characters or arias that are usually cut, arias from the second scene of operas, etc.
Featuring:
Alexandra Plattos, soprano
Caesar Sanchez , tenor
Antoni Scarano, baritone
Samantha Attaguile, mezzo-soprano
Bethany Brautigam, soprano
Mary Lutz-Govertsen, soprano
Evita Trembley, mezzo-soprano
Amanda Kasem, soprano
Dennis Kalup, tenor
Kirstin Rower, soprano
Chloe Bluml, soprano
Angela Torres, mezzo-soprano
Sarah Thompson Johansen, soprano
Lexi Schiano, soprano
with Myron Silberstein, Piano
Opera on Tap Chicago presents: America
Tuesday, July 17th
8pm
The Elbo Room
2871 N Lincoln Ave
$5 cover
Join Opera on Tap Chicago as we attempt patriotism during these *trying* times.
Featuring:
Brett Potts, Tenor
Dennis Kalup, Tenor
Kirstin Rower, Soprano
Amanda Runge, Mezzo-Soprano
Sam Attaguile, Mezzo-Soprano
Matt Peckham, Tenor
Marysa Abbas, Mezzo-Soprano
Joshua Louis Smith, Tenor
Amanda Kasem, Soprano
Ryan Townsend Strand, Tenor
Steve Hobe, Baritone
with Cody Michael Bradley, Piano
Opera on Tap Chicago presents: Opera Around the World
Tuesday, June 19th
8pm
The Heartland Cafe Bar
7006 N Glenwood Ave
$5 cover
Opera on Tap Chicago’s roster takes on opera from around the world!
Isabel Davis Velazquez, Soprano
Opera on Tap Chicago Presents: A Night of Comic Opera!
Tuesday, April 17th
8pm
The Elbo Room
2871 N Lincoln Ave
$5 cover
Opera on Tap’s April show is going to be a lighthearted night of Comic Opera, featuring music from Offenbach, Gilbert & Sullivan, Mozart, and more!
Featuring:
Chloe Bluml, soprano
Kate Sikora, soprano
Amanda Runge, mezzo
Claire DiVizio, soprano
Joshua Louis Smith, tenor
Sarah Thompson Johansen, soprano
Jeffrey Luksik, baritone
Kat Dalin, mezzo
Samantha Attaguile, mezzo
Antoni Scarano, bass-baritone
Sally Olson, soprano
Amanda Kasem, soprano
Alexandra Schiano, soprano
Christina Pecce, Soprano
Jonathan Larson, tenor
and
Myron Silberstein, piano
Opera on Tap Chicago presents: Der Freischütz
Der Freischütz
February 23, 24, 25
The Lincoln Loft
3036 N Lincoln Ave
Der Freischütz, being produced by Opera on Tap Chicago, will be presented in Chicago for the first time in nearly 150 years! This opera, written by Carl Maria von Weber, is widely considered to be the turning point between Classical opera (like Mozart) and Romantic opera (like Wagner), and is produced frequently in Germany. The last major company to do it in the United States was The Metropolitan Opera in 1972 and Chicago audiences last saw it at the Crosby Opera House March 13th, 1871.
The story if one of a Sharpshooter (or Marksman) who finds himself unwittingly in league with the Devil as he attempts to win a shooting contest that will guarantee him both a job for life and his intended bride.
Email DerFreischutzChicago@gmail.com for reservations and more information!
This production will be directed by Rose Freeman and conducted by Catherine O’Shaughnessy, with a new English translation by Kirsten Kunkle.
Cast:
Killian: Samantha Attaguile
Max: Dennis Kalup
Cuno: Antoni Scarano
Kaspar: Jess Koehn
Agathe: Jessie Oliver (2/23, 2/24) Libby Rudolph (2/25)
Ännchen: Sally Olson (2/23, 2/24) Angela Born (2/25)
Hermit: Angela Torres-Kutkuhn
Ottokar: Jennifer Barrett
Ensemble: Alannah Spencer, Evita Trembley, Josuha Smith, Ian Pritchard
Stage Management: Shelby Krarup
Accompanied by Josh Quinn
Costuming: Sarah Thompson Johansen
Lighting and Projection Design: Sarah Collogne
Assistant Direction: Caroline Shaul
