See You at Chicago Live!
Chicago Opera Theater is honored to perform in Chicago Live! an annual two-day performance festival at Navy Pier. We will take to the stage at Sunday, September 25th at 4:30 p.m. Our performance includes an arrangement of songs by our Young Artists.
Navy Pier, Chicago’s iconic cultural destination, announced today that it will bring back Chicago Live! as with generous support from the Pritzker Foundation. More than 60 of the city’s top marquee names—a third of which are participating for the first time—will give back-to-back performances from noon to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25. Performances will be at the East End Plaza, the Wave Wall Platform, and the Lake Stage in Polk Bros Park at Navy Pier.
“Navy Pier is thrilled to be the stage for such a large-scale collaboration, which is so uniquely Chicago, between local performing arts organizations and individual artists, providing the opportunity for audiences of all backgrounds to sample the best of what our great city has to offer,” said Navy Pier President and CEO Marilynn Gardner. “We are grateful to all the talent—in the spotlight and behind the scenes—who fill our stages and our lives, and to the Pritzker Foundation for the support needed to make Chicago Live! an annual event.”
Chicago Live! was launched last year, reuniting audiences with onstage and backstage artists, to herald the return of live performances following a painful pandemic shutdown that left the arts and hospitality industries the first to close and the last to return.
"I am thrilled that Chicago Live! is returning to Navy Pier for another year," said Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot. "This free program highlights what makes our city a leading cultural attraction and national treasure. Chicago Live! showcases the diversity, inclusivity and creativity found throughout our city from various backgrounds and celebrates our entertainment industries that keep Chicagoans connected and inspired."
Navy Pier is thrilled to announce that Chicago Live! will be back for two more years thanks to a generous donation from the Pritzker Foundation. After sponsoring the inaugural 2021 Chicago Live! Again event, the Pritzker Foundation committed support for its return in 2022 with $1 million, $500,000 for 2023 and $500,000 for 2024.
“The Pritzker Foundation is pleased to partner with Navy Pier in a variety of initiatives and we were so especially moved by last summer’s Chicago Live! uniting the city’s most talented artists and nonprofit organizations for the first time, that we recognized the value of supporting the two-day festival an annual event,” said Pritzker Foundation Trustee, Gigi Pritzker Pucker. “Chicago Live! celebrates connection, the connection between the cultural organizations that spark joy, the connection between artists and audiences who feed each other’s souls and our connection with each other as we see our shared humanity reflected in the words, music, and movement that helps define our great city.”
The Chicago Live! performance schedule is available on the Navy Pier website and will be updated as more performances are finalized leading up to the event.
The Young Artists, Jennifer Allor, Corinne Costell, Pauline Tan, Veena Akama-Makia, and Karlos Piñero-Mercado will represent Chicago Opera Theater. Here's a preview of our setlist for our segment of the show:
Chi il bel Sogno
Seguidilla
What would Missus Herring say?
Guakia Baba
Oh, Glory
Ensemble; Sing for your supper – Boys from Syracuse
Again this event is free and open to the public; additional information will be available soon!
