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  Rare operatic jewels The Opera Festival of Chicago will stage six performances at venues across the Chicago area during its fourth season. “Puccini Forever,” featuring arias and scenes from all of Giacomo Puccini’s operas, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on June 21 at DePaul University in Chicago; Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” will be staged at 7:30 p.m. June 27 and 29, and 2 p.m. June 30 at Cahn Auditorium in Evanston; and Luigi Dallapiccola’s “Il Prigioniero” and Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Medium” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. July 11 and 2 p.m. July 14 at the Athenaeum Theater …

  Passionate about opera in general and lesser known Italian works in particular, Emanuele Andrizzi has set his sights on launching the Midwest’s first opera festival. Conductor, composer and pianist Dr. Emanuele Andrizzi caps his emails with the declaration of another Italian artist, World War I-era writer Gabriele D’Annunzio: “Ama il tuo sogno se pur ti tormenta,” or “Love your dream even though it torments you.” It’s a refreshing tonic to the somewhat mushy 21st-Century mantra “do what you love.” And it defines Andrizzi’s steady path toward artistic mastery. Grit and persistence characterize Andrizzi, who started learning his craft, honing …