OPERA IN FOCUS 2026 REPERTOIRE
Celebrating the 68th Anniversary of Opera in Focus and our 33rd year in Rolling Meadows. Call our 24/7 Reservation & Info Hotline to reserve your seats today: 773-809-3153
FEBRUARY 4th THRU FEBRUARY 28th:
MARTHA
VON FLOTOW
Act II: “The Last Rose of Summer” and
Act III: “M’Appari” (How So Fair)
LAKME
DELIBES
Act 1: “Viens, Mallika”
PORGY AND BESS
GERSHWIN
“Summertime”, “I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’”, “Strawberries”, “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”, “It Ain’t Necessarily So”and “Lord, I’m On My Way”
MARCH 4th THRU MARCH 28th:
LA RONDINE
PUCCINI
Act I: “Chi il bel sogno di Doretta”
TOSCA
PUCCINI
Act III: “E lucevan le stelle”
SOUTH PACIFIC
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
“The Twin Soliloquies”, “Now I Am Alone”, “Cockeyed Optimist”,
“Some Enchanted Evening”
APRIL 1ST THRU APRIL 25TH:
PAGLIACCI
LEONCAVALLO
Act I: Prologue, “Vesti la giubba”
TURANDOT
PUCCINI
Act III: “Nessun dorma”
POPS AT THE PUPPET OPERA
– FIFTH EDITION –
A Musical Extravaganza featuring:
THE 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”
APRIL 29TH THRU MAY 23RD:
AN OPERATIC POTPOURRI
Featuring the following collection of beloved showstopping arias:
CARMEN
BIZET
“Habanera”, “Toreador Song”
GIANNI SCHICCI
PUCCINI
“O mio babbino caro”
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA)
ROSSINI
“Largo al factotum”
PRINCE IGOR
BORODIN
ACT III: Igor’s Monologue
SHOWBOAT
KERN/HAMMERSTEIN
“Only Make Believe”, “Just My Bill” & “Old Man River”
MAY 27TH THRU JUNE 20TH:
**** PREMIERE ****
THE PEARL FISHERS
BIZET
Act I: ‘Je crois entendre encore’ (“Nadir’s Aria)
AIDA
VERDI
ACT 4, SC. 2: “The Tomb Scene”
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
BOCK & HARNICK
“Tradition”, “If I Were a Rich Man”, “Matchmaker”, “Sunrise – Sunset”
JUNE 24TH THRU JULY 18TH:
RIGOLETTO
VERDI
Act III: “Para Siam Soli”
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
VERDI
Act IV Scene 2 “Pace, Pace mio Dio”
POPS AT THE PUPPET OPERA:
– SIXTH EDITION –
Featuring a collection of timeless classics 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”
JULY 22ND THRU AUGUST 15TH:
NORMA
BELLINI
ACT I, “Casta Diva”
PAINT YOUR WAGON
LERNER/LOEWE
“Wand’rin’ Star”, “I Still See Elisa”, “The First Thing You Know”,
“I Talk to the Trees”
THE STUDENT PRINCE
ROMBERG
“Drinking Song”, “Summertime in Heidelberg”,
“Serenade”, “Golden Days”
AUGUST 19TH THRU SEPTEMBER 5TH:
LOHENGRIN
WAGNER
Act III, Scene 2: “In fernem land”
LA TRAVIATA
VERDI
Act I: “Ah fors’e lui”
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 9TH THRU SEPTEMBER 26TH:
LAKME
DELIBES
“Act II: The Bell Song”
JEANETTE MACDONALD AND NELSON EDDY: AMERICA’S SINGING SWEETHEARTS
A tribute to Golden Age Hollywood icons Jeanette Macdonald & Nelson Eddy featuring beloved classics “Indian Love Call”, “Only a Rose”, “Will You Remember”, & “Beyond the Blue Horizon”
POPS AT THE PUPPET OPERA
– FOURTH EDITION –
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”
SEPTEMBER 30TH THRU OCTOBER 31ST:
*** A HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR ***
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
MENKEN / ASHMAN
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
WEBER
NOVEMBER 4TH THRU NOVEMBER 28TH:
HANSEL AND GRETEL
HUMPERDINCK
All three acts of the beloved children’s fairy tale classic performed in English.
DECEMBER 2ND THRU DECEMBER 23RD:
**** A CHRISTMAS OFFERING ****
LA BOHEME
PUCCINI
Act I “Love Duet/”O soave fanciulla” and Act III (Complete)
WHITE CHRISTMAS INTERLUDE
Featuring a collection of timeless Christmas Carols magically staged and breathtakingly performed by legendary soprano Leontyne Price.
The Puppet Opera is closed every year for the month of January. The final performance of the 2026 season will be offered on Wednesday, December 23rd. Performances will resume when our annual hiatus ends on Wednesday, February 3rd 2027.
