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Reviews for Maria de Buenos Aires
Posted: 4/26/2013
Read reviews of Astor Piazzolla and Horacio Ferrer's MARIA DE BUENOS AIRES, playing at the Harris Theater from April 20-28.
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Reviews for The Fall of the House of Usher
Posted: 2/5/2013
Read reviews for our 2013 production of The Fall of the House of Usher. A co-production with Long Beach Opera Theater.
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Taking opera places it has never been
Posted: 9/7/2012
Chicago Tribune
By John von Rhein
September 7, 2012
"People in Chicago no longer will have to deal with an opera company director with an English accent," jokes Andreas Mitisek. "Now all they will have to adjust to is dealing with one with an Austrian accent!"
In fact, the change of regime at Chicago Opera Theater from that of the British-born Brian Dickie to the Vienna-born Mitisek has been taking place in carefully planned stages. Dickie stepped down from the general director's post, after 13 years at the job, on June 1, but not before putting in place the artistic and production team for a new COT production of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" that is set to open Saturday at the Harris Theater near Millennium Park.
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Kid Friendly Opera in the Classroom
Posted: 9/1/2012
Chicago Parent
By Kathy Woods
Opera often is considered esoteric at best, stuffy and boring at worst. Thanks to the efforts of the Chicago Opera Theater, it is neither of those things for a growing number of Chicago Public School students.
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Andreas Mitisek named one of 25 of Opera's Next Wave by Opera News
Posted: 8/6/2012
Opera News
August, 2012
Andreas Mitisek has established himself as the protean master-of-all-trades at California's Long Beach Opera, where the Vienna-born maestro has been artistic and general director since 2003. Long Beach Opera's advertising tag is "Expect the Unexpected," and its mission, as stated on the company's Facebook page, is "to expand the boundaries of the opera experience." Mitisek has taken the company's mission to heart by expanding his own boundaries in recent seasons.
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