An opera afternoon

Sunday, September 28, 2025

3:00 PM

Elmhurst Christian

Reformed Church

Pre-Concert Talk

1:45 PM

What’s Playing

RICHARD WAGNER  Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

GIACOMO PUCCINI  Nessun dorma from Turandot

PIETRO MASCAGNI  Intermezzo Sinfonico from Cavelleria Rusticana

GIOACHINO ROSSINI Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville

FRANZ LEHÁR Dein ist mein ganzes Herz from Das Land des Lächelns

GIOACHINO ROSSINI Overture to William Tell

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Maria from West Side Story

CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHӦNBERG Bring Him Home from Les Misérables

GEORGES BIZET Suite No. 2 from L'Arlésienne


Who’s Performing

Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Alltop
 Music Director and Conductor
Jim Cornelison Vocalist

What You'll Hear

What’s Interesting

Jim Cornelison, famed for singing the Star-Spangled Banner, steps off the ice and joins Maestro Stephen Alltop and the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra to puck drop the 2025/2026 Season! 

Meet the Soloist