Date: 
Sun, 09/28/2025 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm

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

An Opera Afternoon with Jim Cornelison

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.

 

An Opera Afternoon Spotify PlaylistWhat'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!

Jim Cornelison singing

Elmhurst Symphony Association
149 W Brush Hill Rd, Elmhurst, IL 60126
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