Meet Ursula:
...I may be a genius. I believe that I am a genius, but I admit I may not be. In any case, I admit openly that I do not behave like a genius, produce things like a genius, or strike anyone else as being one. So then, one of two things is possible. One, I am not a genius, but my belief that I am a genius makes me like one of those people who think they’re clever when they’re not. Two, I am a genius but I have, through years of harsh self-critique, self-doubt and concern that believing oneself to be a genius is asinine, beaten myself into feeling that I am one of those people who think they’re clever when they’re not. Actually, there are more categories. For instance, I could not be a genius and know full well that I’m really not a genius. I could also be a genius and know it full well. In any case, it’s a great failing. If I am a genius, I’ve failed to be one. If I’m not, I’m at least operating under the suspicion that I’m smart, which is always unattractive.
Here is how ideas happen to me. First, the idea happens. Second, I vomit a pile of doubt onto it. The idea no longer looks like anything interesting, it only looks terrible. This is how I know that probably I am in fact not a genius...
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a Chicago-based ensemble of interdisciplinary artists bent on the creation and production of experimental works for the stage
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What the Press is Saying
"...one of the most searingly painful and revealing operatic performances in recent times."
Chicago's "most daring and avant-garde" opera company, Opera Cabal "aspires to bulldoze opera's definition."
Chicago Magazine
"A thrilling contrast to Lyric Opera and Chicago Opera Theater...Opera Cabal exhibits the audacity and daredevilry rarely found in anything calling itself 'opera' these days."
Time Out Chicago
"Whatever you want to call it, this production takes its audience on a wild, compelling, multimedia ride..."
Time Out New York
"Opera Cabal showed what’s possible when tradition is eschewed, but that tradition still has something to say, and it helps to contextualize the experiments."
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Chicago Magazine
"A thrilling contrast to Lyric Opera and Chicago Opera Theater...Opera Cabal exhibits the audacity and daredevilry rarely found in anything calling itself 'opera' these days."
Time Out Chicago
"Whatever you want to call it, this production takes its audience on a wild, compelling, multimedia ride..."
Time Out New York
"Opera Cabal showed what’s possible when tradition is eschewed, but that tradition still has something to say, and it helps to contextualize the experiments."
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From the Outside Looking In
- Time Out Chicago (Sept 2010)
- Princeton AW (March 2010)
- You're Beautiful NY (March 2010)
- Chicago Hyper Local (Feb 2010)
- Time Out New York (Feb 2010)
- TimeOut Chicago (Feb 2010)
- Chicago Magazine (Feb 2010)
- The Chicagoist (Feb 2010)
- U of Chicago Magazine (Nov 2009)
- Time Out Chicago (Dec 2007)
- The Chicago Weekly (April 2007)
- Marc Geeohoed (April 2007)
- The Chicago Reader (Oct 2007)
- Telecommuniculturey (Oct 2007)
- Princeton : Major Choices
OUR MISSION
Opera Cabal Performing Arts Association NFP is reshaping how opera is imagined, produced and performed in the United States. Composed of a versatile collective of adroit, accomplished young artists, Opera Cabal propels the opera of today by presenting unpredictable new work and modeling new forms of audience involvement. In an era of rapidly changing audiences and shifting musical genres, Opera Cabal embraces interdisciplinary collaboration, new commissions, and intimate and unusual venues. Opera Cabal reaches into to neighboring visual, theatrical and technological communities to broaden the audience for and the definition of opera in a new century, reviving the integrity of a revered art form with an infusion of new energy and eclectic design.
Since its founding in 2006, Opera Cabal has identified and recruited artistic teams working at the highest level in fields traditionally unrelated to opera in order to bring new blood and fresh ideas to the art form. Opera Cabal’s commitment to building a diverse, engaged audience for opera in the 21st century is exemplified behind the scenes by the Hyde Park Salons, a monthly performance series established in 2006 on Chicago’s South Side. The Salons serve as a forum for local artists and scholars, offering a rigorous workshop atmosphere for uncommon contemporary performance. Opera Cabal is also the commissioning force behind the brand new project series, Opera Shop (begun in 2011). In partnership with our co-producer, High Concept Laboratories, Opera Shop introduces each autumn the work of one new team of exceptional artists with a history of working together outside of opera to explore cutting-edge approaches to recombining music and theater.
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