The Northwestern Opera Theater and Institute for New Music production runs November 21 to 24.
Continue reading on Northwestern NowBienen School presents Chicago-area premiere of David T. Little's Dog Days
October 24, 2019
A Lot from Little
April 21, 2020
In its Chicago-area premiere, David T. Little's "Dog Days" gave Bienen School students an inside look at composing and mounting a contemporary opera.
Students, Faculty Staying Together While Kept Apart
April 10, 2020
Bienen faculty and students are embracing remote instruction: “Now is the time for us to respond with creativity and courage to a challenging situation.”
Bienen School presents Strauss’ sparkling musical cocktail ‘Die Fledermaus’
January 30, 2020
The Bienen School of Music presents Johann Strauss’ high-spirited operetta of frivolity, festivities and a practical joke gone awry, “Die Fledermaus,” from Feb. 27 to March 1 in Cahn Auditorium.
Bienen School presents Chicago-area premiere of David T. Little's Dog Days
October 24, 2019
The Northwestern Opera Theater and Institute for New Music production runs November 21 to 24.
Institute for New Music announces 2019-2020 season
August 8, 2019
The Institute for New Music at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music will present the Chicago premiere of David T. Little’s powerful contemporary opera “Dog Days,” Nov. 21 to 24 at the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts. Bookending the Institute’s season is NUNC!
Bienen School presents Berlioz’s ‘Béatrice et Bénédict’
May 6, 2019
The Bienen School of Music will present Berlioz’s “Béatrice et Bénédict” -- based on Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” -- from May 23-26
Bienen School presents Stravinsky’s ‘The Rake’s Progress’
February 5, 2019
Equal parts tragedy and farce, Igor Stravinsky’s opera “The Rake’s Progress” follows the moral decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, who exchanges a simple life with sweetheart Anne Truelove for the worldly pleasures of London in the company of the devious Nick Shadow.
Schamberger Brings Modern Themes to Opera Stage
October 5, 2018
Northwestern University Opera Theater’s most recent season demonstrated the breadth of human emotion under the creative leadership of Joachim Schamberger, Bienen School director of opera.
2018-19 opera season and vocal master classes announced
September 27, 2018
Under Joachim Schamberger’s direction, the 2018-19 opera lineup will include Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw” and Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress,” with a third production to be announced for May 2019.
Handel festival and opera highlight spring season at Bienen School of Music
April 19, 2018
George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759) is the focus of the biennial Evelyn Dunbar Early Music Festival, hosted by Northwestern University’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music, May 17 to 20 on the Evanston campus. The 2017/2018 Robert M. and Maya L.