Name: Tosca - A Powerful Live Opera Experience
Start: 2026-05-06T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-05-08T21:30:00-05:00
Location: Nichols Concert Hall

Tosca - A Powerful Live Opera Experience

Chicago Nova Opera

A thrilling night of live opera—intense, intimate, unforgettable.

Nichols Concert Hall

A thrilling night of live opera—intense, intimate, unforgettable. Join Chicago Nova Opera for Tosca, Puccini’s gripping story of love, jealousy, and political terror—performed up close in one of Chicago’s most beautiful halls.This is not a distant, formal opera. This is Tosca, experienced just feet away.<ul><li>Feel the power of unamplified voices in a close, immersive setting</li><li>Watch the drama unfold at cinematic intensity</li><li>Experience one of opera’s greatest scores performed live by rising Chicago talent.</li></ul>If you’ve never been to an opera before—this is the one to start with.A singer. A painter. A ruthless police chief. In a world of surveillance and control, love becomes dangerous—and one choice changes everything.📅 Two performances only 🍾 Complimentary prosecco reception included📍 Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston 🎼 Music by Giacomo Puccini 🎶 Live orchestra and cast

<h3>TICKETS</h3>$75 | General Admission$25 | Children's Ticket / Senior Ticket 65+ / Student Ticket$55 | Balcony General Admission$20 | Balcony Children's Ticket / Senior Ticket 65+ / Student Ticket👉 Secure your seats now and experience Tosca the way it was meant to be felt—live, raw, and up close.

<h3>ABOUT THE COMPANY</h3>The opera is produced by the Chicago Nova Opera - young music company in Chicago area focused on producing best of classical music and more. In 2025, CNO produced Carmen and Eugene Onegin at the Nichols Concert Hall.Visit our website: <a href="https://chicagooperaproductions.org/" title="https://chicagooperaproductions.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://chicagooperaproductions.org/</a>Follow us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chicagonovaopera" title="https://www.facebook.com/chicagonovaopera" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chicagonovaopera/" title="https://www.instagram.com/chicagonovaopera/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>.

<h3>RECENT PRODUCTIONS</h3>See the videos about our production of the famed Carmen opera in the Nichols Concert Hall on February 16 of 2025 and Eugene Onegin on August 22 of 2025.

<h3>CREATIVE TEAM</h3>CONDUCTOR Catherine O'ShaughnessyDIRECTOR Alexey EfremovArtistic Director Anastasia AntropovaAssistant Conductor Jennifer AllorConsertmeister Janice LeeChamber Orchestra of Chicago Nova OperaChildren's Choir Meister Diana MonacelliChildren's Choir of Chicago Nova OperaRehearsal Pianist Irina FeoktistovaStage manager Chiron FinnHair and Makeup Artist Alexandra Charnavus

<h3>CAST</h3>Floria Tosca Anastasia AntropovaMario Cavaradossi Elijah BrownBaron Scarpia Brad Noffsinger MorrisonAngelotti Chris FilipowiczSacristan Jonathan WilsonSpoletta Brian PemberSciarrone / A Jailer Zachary MendenhallShepherd Boy Marco Rivera Rosa

<h3>COVERS and ENSEMBLE CAST</h3>Floria Tosca Cover &amp; Ensemble Hillary EsquedaBaron Scarpia Cover Zachary MendenhallSpoletta Cover &amp; Ensemble Charles AndersonShepherd Boy Cover &amp; Ensemble Demi VanderwerffEnsemble Diana MonacelliRoberti Alexey Poltavchenko

<h3>NICHOLS CONCERT HALL</h3>Noted architect Solon S. Beman designed the architecturally and acoustically magnificent First Church of Christ, Scientist, located at 1490 Chicago Avenue in Evanston, in 1912. In 2003, the building was sensitively restored to become Nichols Concert Hall, a state-of-the-art, 550-seat performance space and music education destination.

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