Chicago Fringe Opera (CFO) has introduced the primary half of its spring season, titled “Metropolis of Works”.

Designed with pandemic security protocols, “Metropolis of Works” takes the general public on a journey via Chicago as they transfer from one landmark to a different. Upon arrival at their vacation spot, the general public unlocks the digital content material utilizing a QR code. The method permits people to share a collective digital expertise via their smartphones whereas eliminating the necessity to deliver teams of individuals to a location. All content material is free and accessible at any time.

The season contains 9 micro-operas commissioned by CFO.

The primary will probably be “Contact of Water” by Matthew Recio and Anna Gatdula. The showcase additionally contains the extract of KF Jacques from “Corsair”.

Launch date: April 16, 2021

The general public will be capable of see “Wicker Park, In Caricature” by Michael R. Oldham; “Lincoln Sq.” by Elizabeth Rudolph and Laura Stratford; and “House Sounds Like” by Seth Boustead and Darius Parker.

Launch date: April 30, 2021

One other efficiency will characteristic “Candy Fruit Falling, A spatial oratorio (from the opera Baldwin Chronicles: LONE ALCHEMY)” by Renee Baker, “Our Mom” by Grace Coberly and “Edgewater Eau-de” by Heidi Joosten and Laura Stratford. .

Launch date: Could 14, 2021

Particulars on Tomás Gueglio’s article are forthcoming and the CFO will present extra info on every episode on the corporate’s web site.

Singers embody Dee Alexander; soprano Alex Salas; mezzo-sopranos Eunice Ayodele, Bridget Skaggs and Emma Sorenson; countertenors Thomas Aláan and Bruno Rivera; tenor Jonathan Zeng and bass-baritone Keanon Kyles.

Featured instrumentalists embody cellists Lia Kohl and David Sands; pianist Chungers Kim; and Adam Zanolini.

The artistic staff contains inventive director George Cederquist, musical director Catherine O’Shaughnessy and decorator Brad Caleb Lee.