Sinfonietta Bel Canto to host annual Voice Invitational Sept. 24

Join the Sinfonietta Bel Canto in bringing beautiful and enjoyable music through its annual Voice Invitational. Featured will be some of the most outstanding young singers in the western suburban and Chicago area.

Enjoy the orchestra as it explores Adolph Weidig's "Three Episodes," Op. 38, at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, at the acoustically pleasing St. Paul United Church of Christ, 5739 Dunham Road in Downers Grove.

Ticket information can be found through the Sinfonietta Bel Canto website, sinfoniettabelcanto.org or calling (630) 384-5007. Parking is free and there is ample intimate seating.

Sinfonietta Bel Canto has a strong and vital history of supporting vocal performance in the Western Suburban and Chicago area.

Seven arias by Mozart, Giordani, Bizet and Lehar will be featured in this performance.

The Sinfonietta Bel Canto also supports an orchestra that performs any array of musical gems throughout its season.

One such work is Adolph Weidig's "Three Episodes," Op. 38. Weidig immigrated to the United States in 1892 and became the Dean of Theory at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago.

"Three Episodes" was premiered by both the Chicago Symphony and Berlin Philharmonic.

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency and National Endowment for the Arts.