The DeKalb Festival Chorus, directed by Amy Gatschenberger, will present a selection of opera choruses at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 6, in the NIU Music Building’s Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. Guest soloists Jessica Vadney (soprano) and Christopher Joyner (tenor) will join the performance, which also will feature guest artists William Koehler on piano, the NIU...

The NIU School of Music’s Opera Theater, in collaboration with the NIU School of Theatre and Dance, will present two performances of “The Fairy Queen” by Henry Purcell. Performances are scheduled at 8 p.m. Friday, March 30, and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 1, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building at...

For its second program of the year, NIU Opera Workshop presents a concert highlighting some of opera’s most colorful characters. Performances are at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, in the Recital Hall in the Music Building. Included in the NIU cast of characters are the Roman emperor Nero (from Monteverdi’s...