Valeria Chaykina in ‘Birthday Variations’

Joffrey co-founder Gerald Arpino used music by Giuseppe Verdi for a commission by Becky D’Angelo in 1986 as a birthday present to her husband Dino, who owned Chicago’s Civic Opera House (now Lyric Opera House) and loved Verdi’s music. See “Birthday Variations” October 13–24 during our upcoming program Home: A Celebration. Subscribe to the Joffrey’s YouTube channel: ​​​​​​​ Visit us: ​​​​​​​ Follow us on: Instagram: Facebook: Twitter: ​​