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June 11 - August 16, 2025

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The Grant Park Music Festival is a ten-week classical music concert series held annually in Chicago, Illinois’ Millennium Park.

It features the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, along with guest performers and conductors, and is one of the only free outdoor classical-music concert series in the US.

Nicole Rivera

Nicole Rivera

Mezzo-Soprano

Puerto Rican mezzo-soprano Nicole Rivera is a versatile performer whose previous roles include Friedericke in Straus's Ein Walzertraum and Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte. After performing at the InterHarmony International Music Festival in Germany, she was a featured soloist in the festival’s Heartstrings in a Chord concert at Carnegie Hall in 2016. In 2019, Nicole was seen as Baba in The Medium with Chicago Summer Opera. Nicole holds a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from North Park University, where she studied with bass-baritone Sam Handley. While there, Nicole performed the role of Gingerbread Witch in Hänsel und Gretel and was the alto soloist in Mozart’s Requiem. She also holds both a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and a Bachelor of Art in Psychology from Stetson University. Nicole was awarded a Vocal Fellowship with the Grant Park Music Festival in 2022. She currently resides in Chicago and studies with Anna Laurenzo.