Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago
- Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago
The Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago was founded by Lithuanian emigrants in 1956,[cite web]
url = http://www.lithoperachicago.org/
title = About the Lithuanian Opera Company, Inc. in Chicago
accessdate = 2006-09-14
publisher = Lithuanian Opera Co.] and presents operas in Lithuanian. It celebrated fifty years of existence in 2006, and operates as a not-for-profit organization. It is noteworthy for performing the rarely-staged Rossini's "William Tell" (1986) and Ponchielli's "I Lituani" (1981, 1983 and 1991), and also for contributing experienced chorus singers to the Lyric Opera of Chicago.[cite book]
author = Marsh, Robert C.
editor = Pellegrini, Norman (ed.)
title = 150 Years of Opera in Chicago
origdate = 2006-07-10
publisher = Northern Illinois University Press
location = DeKalb, Illinois
id = ISBN 0-87580-353-9
pages = xii
chapter = Author's Preface] External links
* [http://www.lituanus.org/1996/96_2_04.htm Posters by Ada Sutkus for the Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago]
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