Picture it. Saturday, May 10th, 2025. Chicago, home of the (in)famous music festival Lollapalooza, lifts up America's first festival featuring four opera-fusion projects in one unforgettable evening. Here's how your tax-deductible donation can help make it happen...
Donation Levels
$2000 - Executive Producer of Operapalooza, and sponsor of The Tapestry, The Opera Cowgirls or The Rosina Project.
*Comes with VIP entry for two and your choice of merchandise*
$1000 - Exclusive sponsor of The Tapestry, The Opera Cowgirls or The Rosina Project, or sponsor for Guns and Rosenkavalier.
*Comes with general admission for two and your choice of merchandise*
$500 - Co-sponsor
*Comes with general admission for two and an operatic happy birthday video*
$250 - Rockstar
*Comes with general admission for two and a group hug from the band of your choice*
$100 - Star
*Comes with general admission for one*
How is my donation spent?
$4500 - Artists' travel and fees
$1000 - Venue rental
$1000 - Marketing and merchandise
Who is playing?
The Bands
The Opera Cowgirls (New York/Texas/California) - Where Grand Opera meets the Grand Ol' Opry! The Cowgirls are thrilled to bring their unique brand of opera-country fusion to the Windy City (founder Caitlin McKechney's home town) for the first time.
The Rosina Project (Illinois) - 'The Rosina Project' is an original adaptation of Rossini’s comic opera "The Barber of Seville" that mixes MCs, street-dance artists and opera singers with a live DJ and beatboxer to tell a contemporary story of female-driven empowerment through an immersive hip-hop battle.
Guns 'n' Rosenkavalier (Minnesota) - For the first time in Chicago, Andrew Wilkowski and Lara Bolton bring their genre-busting fusion of an art song recital and a rock concert — truly the love child of Franz Schubert and Lady Gaga – in a riot of rule-breaking, genre-bending fun, featuring arrangements that span from Metallica to Schubert, Springsteen to Strauss, and Madonna to Brahms.
The Tapestry (Kentucky) - Queen meets Pavarotti… The Tapestry plays an unapologetic, high-octane fusion of the best of opera and rock. Ryan Opera Center alum Corey Crider and his rock-opera fusion band deliver their tributes to Bizet's "Carmen" and Michael Jackson's magnum opus "Thriller" in their "Thrilla in Sevilla".
