OVI Sets Chicago Focus Meeting in Spring 2010

“Cloud Gate,” affectionately know by Chicagoans as “The Bean,” in Millenium Park

Chicago in the Spring? Yes, Opera Volunteers International and Chicago Opera Theater in the Spring! OVI will gather in Chicago on April 23 and 24, 2010 to ogle the architecture – Chicagoans are passionate about architecture. Attendees will shop the Magnificent Mile and see TWO rarely seen operas presented by Chicago Opera Theater (http://www NULL.chicagooperatheater NULL.org/index NULL.html) in the Harris Theater in Millennium Park.

Mosè in Egitto by Gioachino Rossini (http://www NULL.chicagooperatheater NULL.org/tix/season/mose NULL.html) was last performed in Chicago in 1863! We’ll see Moses part the Red Sea and also hear what some consider Rossini’s most beautiful music in the prayer “Dal tuo stellato soglio” (“From Thy starry throne”).

In Giasone, Francesco Cavalli (http://www NULL.chicagooperatheater NULL.org/tix/season/giasone NULL.html) mixed the myth of Jason and the Argonauts with bawdy humor, breaking all the operatic rules of the day. This is the first time Giasone will be performed by a professional opera company in Chicago.

There will be plenty of time to meet friends, hear interesting speakers and get a taste of the Windy City.

Watch for details of OVI’s Chicago Focus Meeting here and in your mailbox.