
An Opera Afternoon with Jim Cornelison
Sunday, September 28 * 3:00 PM
Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church
149 W. Brush Hill Road, Elmhurst
Pre-Concert Talk at 1:45 PM
$12 - $45

Jim Cornelison singing the role of Cavaradossi in Giacomo Puccini's Tosca.
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! Featuring opera earworms from Puccini’s Turandot, Rossini’s Barber of Seville, Wagner’s Die Meistersinger, Bernstein’s West Side Story, and many more.
What's Playing
RICHARD WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
GIOACHINO ROSSINI Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville
GIOACHINO ROSSINI Overture to William Tell
LEONARD BERNSTEIN Maria from West Side Story
CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHӦNBERG Bring Him Home from Les Misérables
AND MORE!
Who's Performing
Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Alltop, Music Director and Conductor
Jim Cornelison, Vocalist
What's Interesting
Jim Cornelison, best known as the resident National Anthem Singer for the Chicago Blackhawks, steps off the ice and joins Maestro Stephen Alltop and the Elmhurst Symphony for the 2025/2026 home opener!

Elmhurst Symphony Association
149 W Brush Hill Rd, Elmhurst, IL 60126
ElmhurstSymphony.org | contact@elmhurstsymphony.org
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