Chicago Opera Theater

[1][2] Stone utilised Jones Commercial High School as the mainstage location for the company until 1976.

Subsequently, the company held a residency at the Athenaeum Theatre on the north side of Chicago through 2004.

The company also gave occasional performances at the Merle Reskin Theater of De Paul University and at Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois.

[4] General managers of COT have included Marc Scorsa (1984-1990),[5] Mark Tiarks, Jean Perkins, and Joseph De Rugeriis.

[8] In February 2017, COT announced that Mitisek would step down as artistic director at the expiration of his contract in September 2017.