Event Details
Date: August 26, 2026
Start time: 07:30 p.m. CDT
Venue: The CheckOut
Viva la Diva: How to Become an Opera Fan in One Hour or Less
$24.11
Wed Aug 26, 2026 07:30 p.m. CST
Doors open at 06:30 pm CST
The CheckOut
4116 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 60613, United States
About
To The Beautiful People of Chicago,
Your presence is requested in the spirit of fun & fabulousity as we, The Divas, offer you an ‘amuse-bouche’ of live music composed by the great Italian Opera composers of the past. We Divas are on a mission to showcase operatic singing without the barriers of wealth, class, and social conformity! Come as your fabulous self – however you define the word ‘fabulous’ – and prepare yourself for a night of passion, rage, jealousy, and more. After an hour of delicious, operatic diva-dom, we’ll guarantee you leave an ardent fan of the art of Opera and send you full of fabulosity to pursue your own artistic endeavors…or at the very least have you lining up for another night of opulent music-making in the near future!
Luxuriously yours,
The Divas
Tracy Cantin, Paula Gelpi, Jordan Loyd, Quinn Middleman & Kimberly Hann Warner
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