Bellissima Opera in the Media
Chicago's Classical Radio 98.7 WFMT: Friday, December 13, 2019, 8:00 pm
WHOLE NOTES - Music of Healing and Peace
This response to violence in our world, especially gun violence in our cities, will include performances and commentary from cellist Yo-Yo Ma, a look at the Notes for Peace song-writing project, and excerpts from two recent operas on the theme of violence, "Blue" and Bellissima Opera's Upcoming "Future Perfect."
www.wfmt.com/how-to-listen/live-stream/
WHOLE NOTES - Music of Healing and Peace
This response to violence in our world, especially gun violence in our cities, will include performances and commentary from cellist Yo-Yo Ma, a look at the Notes for Peace song-writing project, and excerpts from two recent operas on the theme of violence, "Blue" and Bellissima Opera's Upcoming "Future Perfect."
www.wfmt.com/how-to-listen/live-stream/
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A short documentary showing snippets of Bellissima Opera's 5-Year Project with 1,300 Chicago area youth exploring the themes of our shared humanity by bringing music and poetry directly into the students' classrooms and presenting writing and art workshops each student participated in.
The result of this project is the new opera, Future Perfect, composed by David Shenton, libretto by Christine Steyer inspired by the 1,500 writings and 200 drawings from these workshops. Future Perfect, produced by Bellissima Opera & Working in Concert, is set to premiere in Chicago at the Vittum Theater from June 24-28, 2020. This unfinished documentary is created to raise awareness about the project and raise needed funds to premiere the opera. We are a 501c3 non-profit and all donations are tax-deductible. To make a tax-deductible donation for this project please click on our umbrella organization site at WorkinginConcert.org. On the DONATE page there is both a PayPal button (select "Bellissima Opera Future Perfect" from the dropdown) or an address to mail a check. Be sure to mark in the memo that this donation is specifically for "Bellissima Opera". For further information, contact Bellissima Opera Artistic Director Christine Steyer at Christine@workinginconcert.org. In the News...Bellissima Opera Outreach...Recently performed at Kinzie Elementary, Lane Tech HS and Al Raby HS in Chicago, bringing the number of students to whom we have brought free music exceeding 23,000.
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