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Chicago Opera Theater: An Opera Company Worth Traveling For
Chicago Opera Theater is celebrating its 50th anniversary this season. The company has grown from a grass-roots organization into a national leader in promoting opera as a vibrant, living art form, with high-quality productions of new and lesser-known operas featuring up-and-coming artists and local talent. We recently saw this work in action with the Chicago premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's absurdist opera The Nose. Read on for a review and why you should keep this company in mind when planning your next musical excursion to the city. We also take a look at the company's next production, Huang Ruo’s Book of Mountains and Seas, coming January 26–28.