2025 Repertoire

Celebrating the 67th anniversary of
Opera In Focus
and our 32nd year in Rolling Meadows

Keeping the Kungsholm tradition alive
and delighting audiences
in Rolling Meadows for 32 years - thank you!

See the world's most lifelike puppets
grace the operatic and musical stage

FEBRUARY 5TH THRU MARCH 1ST

PAGLIACCI
LEONCAVALLO
Act I: Prologue, "Vesti la giubba"

LOUISE
CHARPENTIER
Act III: "Du puis le jour"

MAN OF LA MANCHA
WASSERMAN / DARION / LEIGH
"The Impossible Dream"

CAROUSEL
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
"You'll Never Walk Alone"

KISMET
WRIGHT / FORREST / BORODIN
"Stranger In Paradise"

MARCH 5TH THRU MARCH 29TH

L'ELISIR D'AMORE
DONIZETTI
Act II, Scene 2: "Una furtiva lagrima"

LA GIOCONDA
PONCHIELLI
Act II: "Cielo E Mar"

SHOWBOAT
KERN/HAMMERSTEIN
"Only Make Believe", "Just My Bill", "Old Man River"

APRIL 2ND THRU APRIL 26TH

AIDA
Verdi
Act II, Scene 1 ("The Bedchamber Scene")

LA FORZA del DESTINO
Verdi
Act IV Scene 2 "Pace, Pace mio Dio"

POPS AT THE PUPPET OPERA (6th Edition)
Featuring a collection of timeless songs from the Broadway stage.

SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
SONDHEIM / WHEELER
"My Friends"

CATS
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
"Memory"

LES MISÉRABLES
SCHÖNBERG / BOUBLIL / KRETZMER
"Master of the House"

APRIL 30TH THRU MAY 24TH

TURANDOT
PUCCINI
Act III: "Nessun dorma"

ADRIANA LECOUVREUR
CILEA
ACT I, "Lo Son Umile Ancella"

POPS AT THE PUPPET OPERA (4th Edition)
A musical extravagana featuring:

WIZARD OF OZ
ARLEN / HARBURG
"Somewhere Over The Rainbow", "If I Only Had A Brain"

WEST SIDE STORY
BERNSTEIN / SONDHEIM
"One Hand, One Heart", "Tonight"

THE SOUND OF MUSIC
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
"The Sound Of Music", "Something Good"

MAY 28TH THRU JUNE 21ST

THE LAND OF SMILES
LEHAR
"You Are My Hearts Delight"

CARMEN
BIZET
"Habanera", "Toreador Song"

GIANNI SCHICCI
PUCCINI
"O mio babbino caro"

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
ROSSINI
"Largo al factotum"

OKLAHOMA
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
"Oh, What a Beautiful Morning", "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top",
"People will say we're in Love", "Out of my Dreams"

JUNE 25TH THRU JULY 26TH

LAKME
DELIBES
"Act II: The Bell Song"

THE PEARL FISHERS
BIZET
Act I: "Au fond du temple sant"

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
BOCK & HARNICK
"Tradition", "If I Were a Rich Man", "Sunrise - Sunset"

JULY 30TH THRU AUGUST 30TH

LOHENGRIN
WAGNER
Act III, Scene 2: "In fernem land"

THAIS
MASSENET
Act III Including "The Meditation"

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
BERLIN
"Doin' What Comes Naturally","You Can't Get a Man with a Gun",
"Anything You Can Do", "There's No Business Like Show Business"

SEPTEMBER 3RD THRU SEPTEMBER 27TH

TALES OF HOFFMAN
OFFENBACH
Act I: "Olympia's Aria", Act II: "Barcarolle"

MADAMA BUTTERFLY
PUCCINI
Act II, "The Flower Duet"
 
  SOUTH PACIFIC
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
"The Twin Soliloquies", "Now I Am Alone"
"Cockeyed Optimist", "Some Enchanted Evening"

OCTOBER 1ST THRU NOVEMBER 1ST

*** A HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR ***
Featuring a collection of haunting classics including:

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
MENKEN / ASHMAN
"Grow For Me", "Somewhere That's Green",
"Feed Me" (Git It), "Dentist!", "Now (It's Just the Gas)",
"Suddenly Seymour", "Suppertime"

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
ANDREW LLOYD WEBER
"Music Of The Night", "All I Ask Of You",
"Masquerade", "Point Of No Return"

NOVEMBER 5TH THRU NOVEMBER 29TH

HANSEL AND GRETEL
HUMPERDINCK
All three acts of the beloved children's classic performed, in abridged form, in English.

DECEMBER 3RD THRU DECEMBER 24TH

***A Christmas Offering***

LA BOHEME
PUCCINI
Act I "Love Duet" & "O souve fanciulla"
and
Act III (Complete)

Plus our expanded
"White Christmas Interlude"
Featuring new Christmas carols
beautifully performed by legendary soprano, Leontyne Price.