Opera Festival of Chicago closes its 2024 Festival season with a special double feature presentation of Dallapiccola’s “Il Prigioniero” with Menotti’s “The Medium”.
The Medium
Set in a mid-20th-century urban apartment, Menotti’s opera revolves around Madame Flora, a fraudulent medium, and her daughter Monica.
Il Prigioniero
Set against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition, Dallapiccola’s opera unfolds a dark and intense narrative. The protagonist, a prisoner, becomes entangled in a web of religious and political intrigue.
