Soprano Cari Plachy is a highly respected singer in Chicago.  She has been seen throughout the Midwest with Opera for the Young, DuPage Opera Theater, Light Opera Works, and Bowen Park Opera. Favorite roles include Mabel (Pirates of Penzance), Yum-Yum (The Mikado), Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), and Rosina (The Barber of Seville.) She is proud to be kicking off her 17th season with Chicago a cappella and 20th season with the Chicago Symphony Chorus. She was a featured soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Beyond the Score Concert, “Things Our Fathers Loved” and as Ancilla in Bach’s St. John Passion. The Chicago Sun Times described her solo in Bruckner’s Psalm 150 with the CSO as ”sparkling.” Cari received her Bachelor’s degree in music education from DePaul University.