Joyce DiDonato & the CSO

Sep 20, 2025
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Overview

Kick off the new season in style! Superstar mezzo-soprano and 2025/26 CSO Artist-in-Residence Joyce DiDonato joins Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and the CSO for a celebratory program of vocal pieces by Richard Strauss and Georges Bizet, stirring overtures by Weber and Wagner and selections from Mendelssohn’s enchanting A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Walk the red carpet and toast to the start of another incredible season.

Enhance your concert experience with a Symphony Ball gala package, including a private preconcert reception for patrons and sponsors in Buntrock Hall and postconcert dinner and dancing at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago. For more information, please email or call 312-294-3185. Purchase gala tickets »

This benefit event raises funds to support the multifaceted work of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association — not only its industry-leading artistic programs but also its educational and community engagement initiatives that nurture tens of thousands of people in Chicago and around the world annually.

Schedule
Program
Weber

Overture to Oberon

Mendelssohn

Selections from A Midsummer Night’s Dream

R. Strauss

Wiegenlied

R. Strauss

Morgen!

R. Strauss

Zueignung

Bizet

Habanera from Carmen

Wagner

Overture to Tannhäuser

Performers
Mezzo-soprano
2025/26 CSO Artist-in-Residence
Sponsors & Partners

The Artist-in-Residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is made possible through a generous gift from James and Brenda Grusecki.