Trusted at Studebaker Theater at The Fine Arts Building
Dates: 5/30/2026
📍 Theatre: Studebaker Theater at The Fine Arts Building
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Chicago Opera Theater closes its 2025/26 season with the concert world premiere of Trusted, a new opera composed by Aaron Israel Levin with a libretto by Marella Martin Koch. The work is the seventh full-length opera developed through COT's Vanguard Initiative, a two-year residency program for composers, and was refined following a public workshop earlier in the season. Set against a financial scandal, the opera follows two daughters grappling with their father's decades-long fraud and explores themes of deception, family bonds, and trust. The production, conducted by Eli Chen, features sopranos Tracy Cantin and Meghan Kasanders, mezzo-soprano Quinn Middleman, and bass-baritone Kyle Albertson.
Cast and Creative Team for Trusted at Studebaker Theater at The Fine Arts Building
Cast
Kyle Albertson
Ensemble
Quinn Middleman
Ensemble
Meghan Kasanders
Ensemble
Tracy Cantin
Ensemble
Creative Team
Kate Pitt
Dramaturg
Eli Chen
Conductor
Lawrence Edelson
General Director
Marella Martin Koch
Librettist
Aaron Israel Levin
Composer
News About Trusted at Studebaker Theater at The Fine Arts Building
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April 21, 2026 Chicago Opera Theater will close its season with the concert world premiere of TRUSTED, a new opera composed by Aaron Israel Levin with a libretto by Marella Martin Koch, at the Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building.
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