2024

International Women’s Day Concert

International Women’s Day Concert

Our annual celebration showcasing women in the arts.Advanced reservation discount ends March 6. Singers Kimberly Jones, Janet Mensen Reynolds, Alison Meuth, and Christine Steyer are […]

2023

Happy Apple Pie Shop Fundraiser

Happy Apple Pie Shop Fundraiser

On Saturday, October 28, Oak Park’s Happy Apple Pie Shop will donate 10% of all their pies and mini-pie sales to Working In Concert’s Opera In The Classroom program. Since 2010, […]
Two Concerts with Christine Steyer

Two Concerts with Christine Steyer

Oct 27, 2023    
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Working In Concert President Christine Steyer will be offering two concerts this month. Steyer will be joined by Michael Finlay on piano and cellist Brian […]
Cabaret Connexion 2023 conference and festival in Paris

Cabaret Connexion 2023 conference and festival in Paris

TRAVEL with us to FRANCE in 2023 The fifth Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion exchange takes place in Paris from August 28 to September 4, 2023. […]
Birds, Bees, And Other Beasts

Birds, Bees, And Other Beasts

Join us for our second summer friendraiser at a private garden in Albany Park. Swingin’ Sisters leads the pack with singers from SongShop and the Cabaret […]
Blooming Opera and Cabaret

Blooming Opera and Cabaret

‘Opera Comes to the Cabaret’ al fresco fest and feast Fest: Music Direction by Carl Ratner, Howie Pfiefer, and Dana Brown featuring Susan Arjmand, Jessie […]
International Women’s Day 2023 Concert

International Women’s Day 2023 Concert

This all-female concert celebrates the contributions of women in the arts in song! Premiering a new vocal quartet: “Will They Remember Life Was Beautiful?”
Healthy Singing––Our New Year's Resolution for Vocal Health

Healthy Singing––Our New Year's Resolution for Vocal Health

Christine Steyer offers a special session on Healthy Singing––A New Year’s Resolution for Vocal Health Register Today! Join award-winning soprano and voice teacher Christine Steyer […]

2022

On Call: COVID-19  at OperaFestXV

On Call: COVID-19 at OperaFestXV

Nov 5, 2022 – Nov 6, 2022    
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Our award-winning opera is live for the first time! Come see the Roosevelt University Chicago College of Performing Arts production up close and personal at OperaFest […]
Un ballo in maschera —a Bellissima friendraiser

Un ballo in maschera —a Bellissima friendraiser

Oct 22, 2022    
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Just in time for Halloween and World Opera Day, be inspired by masked balls of yore. Spend an exclusive evening with Bellissima Opera Artistic Director […]
World Premiere of Future Perfect - A Modern Tale of Curiosity

World Premiere of Future Perfect – A Modern Tale of Curiosity

Jun 23, 2022 – Jun 26, 2022    
12:00 am
TICKETS AND DETAILS at workinginconcert.org/futureperfect
Garden Party Friendraiser for Future Perfect

Garden Party Friendraiser for Future Perfect

May 28, 2022    
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Support the Future Perfect Opera premiere through this delicious musical event on Saturday, May 28.
International Women’s Day Concert Extravaganza

International Women’s Day Concert Extravaganza

Mar 8, 2022    
7:00 pm – 8:45 pm
— A Tribute to Women in the Arts by Women in the Arts Tickets NOW! Award-winning female singers are centerstage for our 2022 International Women’s […]
Women Hold Up Half The Sky

Women Hold Up Half The Sky

Jan 16, 2022    
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Christine Steyer and Peter Storms: Women Hold Up Half The Sky, Oak Park Church of Beethoven, Oak Park, presents Women Hold Up Half the Sky, a […]

2021

Our operatic love letter "On Call: COVID-19" for essential healthcare workers

Our operatic love letter "On Call: COVID-19" for essential healthcare workers

Nov 28, 2021 – Feb 28, 2022    
12:00 am
LEARN MORE or SIGN IN to WATCH NOW We are bringing our acclaimed online opera in thanks to health care workers who have been on […]
Acclaimed Zoom Opera "On Call: COVID-19" returns online for a limited engagement

Acclaimed Zoom Opera "On Call: COVID-19" returns online for a limited engagement

Jun 8, 2021 – Jun 15, 2021    
7:30 pm
“Extraordinary! Compelling! Powerful and preeminently useful. In 59 minutes, this opera has endless possibilities and it will retain them even as COVID passes on.” “This […]
On Call: COVID-19 virtual opera premiere April 17-18

On Call: COVID-19 virtual opera premiere April 17-18

Apr 17, 2021    
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tickets are now on sale: workinginconcert.org/covidopera A donation of $10 or more brings you to the Stage-Door to meet the artists in a Zoom room […]

2020

22 Dec

Merry Mini-Christmas Concert from Paris and Chicago

Dec 22, 2020    
7:30 pm – 8:15 pm
Soprano Christine Steyer and singer-pianist Jean-Claude Orfali Guests: Paul Geiger and Huckleberry (as Rudolph the Reindeer) A livestream concert. Free admission. Register at this Zoom […]

2019

Kinzie students create designs for "Future Perfect"

Kinzie students create designs for "Future Perfect"

Oct 7, 2019    
12:00 am
Bellissima Opera’s Christine Steyer and Juliana Engel visit Chicago Public’s Kinzie 8th graders to work with students on the art design aspects of Future Perfect, […]
A Sweet Spot between our Worlds

A Sweet Spot between our Worlds

Working in Concert presents —a concert celebrating the Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion, Christine Steyer, soprano and Jean-Claude Orfali pianist (of Cabaret Lapin Agile), guest soprano […]
Soirée Musicale in River Forest

Soirée Musicale in River Forest

Apr 14, 2019    
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
A Soirée Musicale to support the Bellissima Opera premiere of Future Perfect composed by David Shenton. Hors d’oeuvres, mini recital of opera and songs by […]