1. Location: Chicago, IL

2. Required Attribution: © Jeremy Atherton, 2006.

3. The Civic Opera House is part of a building which contains a 45-story office tower and two 22-story wings. The interior of the building is Art Deco.

4. The term Art Deco is taken from the name of the 1925 Paris exhibition titled Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes. The most popular and respected French artists of the day showcased their work at this exhibition. Jewelry makers, graphic artists, painters, architects, fashion designers and all other manner of craftsmen and women displayed their pieces at the exhibition. All of the works had a commonality - they were not only functional, but also very beautiful and decorative.

5. The Chrysler Bldg. New York City The Angel Sculptures at Hoover Dam Art Deco Wallpaper

6. The opera house seats 3,563 theater-goers, making it the second-largest opera auditorium in North America after the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Ticket prices for the opening night of Macbeth are: Mezzanine Boxes $600.00 Main Floor 1: first 22 rows $400.00 Main Floor 2: rows BB-FF $265.00 First Balcony 1: rows A-E $260.00 Upper Balcony 1: rows A-H $95.00 Upper Balcony 2: rows J-R $75.00

7.  Macbeth  Carmen  A Midsummer Night’s Dream  A Masked Ball  The Mikado  The Girl of the Golden West  Lohengrin  Hercules

8. Woman Leaps to Her Death At Civic Opera House! A woman jumped to her death Wednesday morning from a 40 th floor window at the Civic Opera House downtown. Police were notified about 8:50 a.m. that someone had apparently committed suicide by jumping from the building at 20 N. Wacker Drive. The structure that includes the opera house is comprised of a 45-story office tower and two 22-story wings. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office was notified of the death and police are conducting a death investigation. BY Zach Christman // Wednesday, Apr 1, 2009 at 02:44 CDTZach Christman

9. Christman, Zach. “Woman Leaps to her Death at Civic Opera House.” NBC Chicago. April 1, 2009. NBC. June 9, 2010. Lyric Opera of Chicago. Lyric Opera of Chicago. June 9, 2010. Visiting DC. June 9, 2010. Art Deco Style: The Ultimate Guide to Art Deco. 2009. Art Deco Style. June 9, 2009.