Opening Main Session

Charity Tillemann-Dick is an American-born soprano and a recipient of a double lung transplant. Charity has performed across the U.S., Europe, and Asia in venues as diverse as Lincoln Center in New York City; The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; Severance Hall in Cleveland, Ohio; Il Giardino Di Boboli in Florence, Italy; the National Palace of the Arts in Budapest, Hungary; the Tel Aviv Opera House in Israel; the American Embassy in Beijing, China; the United Nations in New York; and the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. She has collaborated and performed with noted conductors and musicians including Jessye Norman, Eva Marton, Joshua Bell, Joela Jones, Marvin Hamlisch, Patti LaBelle, Bono, Zoltan Kocis, Joan Dornemann, and former Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice. Some of her operatic roles have included Titania in "A Mid Summer’s Night Dream," Gilda in "Rigoletto", Violetta in "La Traviata," and Ophelia in "Ophelia Forever." Charity has also performed for numerous presidents, prime ministers, members of Congress, and world dignitaries.