performer. director. writer. administrator.
Claire DiVizio
photo by Stone Watters
photo by Stone Watters
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​JUN 29 Sounds of Pride, Chicago Fringe Opera
Claire performs a newly-composed work by and with composer/pianist Michael Oldham. Sounds of Pride is a fundraiser for The Voice Lab and Chicago Fringe Opera. Tickets and more info here.
press
DIRECTING
of The Hat & The Man Who Woke Up:
-Chicago Theatre Review
PERFORMING​
as the Queen of the Fairies in Iolanthe:
"Claire DiVizio as the Fairy Queen was powerful of voice and particularly adept in her many comic moments."
-The Hyde Park Herald
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of THOMPSON STREET OPERA COMPANY
of 2019's I will fly like a bird:
-Chicago Theatre Review
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​MAY 16 Cover run as "Voce 2", Il nostro posto nel mondo, TSOC

Claire's first solo stage appearance since vocal transition will be the cover show of Thompson Street Opera Company's spring production, in the second work in a double bill.
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​MAY 10-12, 16-19 Director, Il nostro posto nel mondo, TSOC

Claire leads the US premiere of a dreamlike one-act opera which follows two soulmates as they find each other in different reincarnations, across time, space, class, gender, and even species.
upcoming
JUN
29
Soloist - Sounds of Pride
with Chicago Fringe Opera
Claire performs a newly-composed work by and with composer/pianist Michael Oldham. Sounds of Pride is a fundraiser for The Voice Lab and Chicago Fringe Opera. Tickets and more info here.
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​APR 17-18. Director, The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, NEIU
Claire helms Offenbach's underperformed farce lampooning the military and the aristocracy in the Auditorium of Northeastern Illinois University, featuring a cast of students and local professionals. This will also be the Chicago premiere of a new English libretto translation, written by Thomas Petiet of the Comic Opera Guild, where Claire performed in Michigan!
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​FEB 16-18, 22-24 Co-director, We've Got Our Eye on You, TSOC
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Partnering with multidisciplinary artist Cat Davis, Claire brings a feel-good comedy to the stage at City Lit Theater, presented by Thompson Street Opera Company. Their contemporary take on ancient Greek characters by composer Nkeiru Okoye and librettist David Cote transforms the one-eyed Gorgon sisters into three domineering real estate executives who all share one pair of glasses.
