Chichi (Chinwe) Enu is passionate about creating fun, relatable, and radically inclusive opera and classical music concerts for her audiences. She believes that this music is for your soul, and her mission is to make the art form more accessible, so everyone can experience its richness and emotional power. A self-described “opera comedian,” Chichi uses humor, powerhouse vocals, and her charismatic stage presence to break down barriers around opera and classical music. You can find several of her comedic operatic performances on her YouTube channel, which has garnered over 2 million views.
As the inaugural recipient of the Town of Acton’s Untold Stories Public Art Grant and its first Artist-in-Residence, Chichi produced and headlined concerts that showcased the works of Black, African, and LGBTQ+ classical composers.She is also the founder of Africans in Opera, which highlights African opera singers and classical musicians worldwide.
Chichi has performed for over 80,000 people on 80+ stages, including the Kennedy Center,Wolf Trap, Tanglewood, the MUSON Centre (Nigeria), the Salzburg Mozarteum (Austria), and the Nigerian Embassy. She has appeared on PBS, WPFW-FM, and Acton TV, and has been featured in numerous publications, including The Washington Post, Prince George’s Sentinel, Washington City Paper, The Guardian and This Day (Nigerian newspapers), The Gazette, Ballet Dance Magazine, Vassar Alumnae Quarterly, and Tagg Magazine. Chichi has shared the stage with world-renowned artists including Denyce Graves, Norman Scribner, Seiji Ozawa, and John Williams, and has worked with opera luminaries including Grace Bumbry, Carmen Balthrop, and Gabriella Lechner. She has also been interviewed on multiple podcasts, including This Moment in Music with TikTok star Hal Walker, Puttylike’s The MultiPod by award-winning author and TED speaker Emilie Wapnick, and ADHD Babes: The Podcast, which she frequently co-hosts.
A true multipotentialite, Chichi’s professional path spans music, theater, law, education, corporate training, coaching, entrepreneurship, and advocacy. She is a seasoned facilitator with ADHD Babes, a UK-based nonprofit for Black women and nonbinary people with ADHD, and a member of the leadership team at NeuroQueer, a community that supports neurodivergent LGBTQ+ individuals.
She is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and earned licenses to practice law in Washington, DC, and California. While still practicing law, she returned to school to pursue a second bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance at the University of Maryland. She then transitioned into corporate training, leading sessions for over 1,000 new hires at Fannie Mae, and worked at the Department of Justice before dedicating herself full-time to creative entrepreneurship.