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Mikaela Bennett (Catherine Holly) © Dominic M. Mercier

Shabby little shocker: Suddenly Last Summer at Opera Philadelphia

Von Cameron Kelsall, 23. Oktober 2026

Courtney Bryan's adaptation of Tennessee Williams's Grand Guignol melodrama often feels like it's still searching for its musical voice.

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23. Okt. 2026

Shabby little shocker: Suddenly Last Summer at Opera Philadelphia

Von Cameron Kelsall

Brenda Rae (Aspasia) and Lawrence Brownlee (Mitridate) © Dominic Mercier

Philadelphia

Succession as opera seria: Mitridate opens Opera Philadelphia season

Von Cameron Kelsall, 9. September 2026

Mozart's early opera showcases the vocal prowess of an internationally renowned cast, including Lawrence Brownlee and Anthony Roth Costanzo.

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9. Sept. 2026

Succession as seria: Mitridate opens Opera Philadelphia season

Von Cameron Kelsall

Jonghyun Park (The Stranger) and Susanne Burgess (Thorn Rose) © Steven Pisano

Philadelphia

A sorta fairy tale: Sleepers Awake premieres at Opera Philadelphia

Von Cameron Kelsall, 22. April 2026

A new opera by Gregory Spears subverts the Sleeping Beauty trope, with middling results.

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22. Apr. 2026

A sorta fairy tale: Sleepers Awake premieres at Opera Philadelphia

Von Cameron Kelsall

Justin Vivian Bond (Sue) © Steven Pisano

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Opera by committee: Opera Philadelphia premieres Complications in Sue

Von Cameron Kelsall, 4. Februar 2026

Opera Philadelphia commissions ten composers to tell the story of an ordinary woman's idiosyncratic march from cradle to tomb.

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4. Feb. 2026

Opera by committee: Opera Philadelphia premieres Complications in Sue

Von Cameron Kelsall

Emi Ferguson, Kangmin Justin Kim (The Painter) and Anthony Roth Costanzo (The Poet) © Steven Pisano

Philadelphia

A didactic Decameron: The Seasons at Opera Philadelphia

Von Cameron Kelsall, 20. Dezember 2025

Conceived by Anthony Roth Costanzo and Sarah Ruhl, this high-handed pasticcio sets the climate crisis to a soundtrack of Vivaldi.

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20. Dez. 2025

A didactic Decameron: The Seasons at Opera Philadelphia

Von Cameron Kelsall

Scott Conner (Lord Sidney) © Steven Pisano

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A long, strange trip: Opera Philadelphia’s Il viaggio a Reims

Von Cameron Kelsall, 19. September 2025

The intrepid company brings Damiano Michieletto’s well-traveled production of a Rossini rarity to the US for the first time.

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19. Sept. 2025

A long, strange trip: Opera Philadelphia’s Il viaggio a Reims

Von Cameron Kelsall

Nicole Heaston (Claire) and Lindsey Reynolds (Ashley) © Steven Pisano

Philadelphia

The Listeners: daring psychological thriller opens Opera Philadelphia season

Von Cameron Kelsall, 25. September 2024

The new opera by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek draws on cult mindsets and conspiracy theories but smartly avoids sensationalism.

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25. Sept. 2024

The Listeners: daring psychological thriller at Opera Philadelphia

Von Cameron Kelsall

Karim Sulayman and John Taylor Ward © Ray Bailey

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Opera Philadelphia's Unholy Wars creates a dialogue with Monteverdi

Von Cameron Kelsall, 23. September 2023

Arab-American tenor Karim Sulayman devises a thoughtful pastiche that centers the perspective omitted from Early Modern depictions of the Middle East in music.

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23. Sept. 2023

Opera Philadelphia's Unholy Wars creates a dialogue with Monteverdi

Von Cameron Kelsall

Quinn Kelsey (Simon Boccanegra) © Steven Pisano

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Quinn Kelsey triumphs in Opera Philadelphia's Simon Boccanegra

Von Cameron Kelsall, 22. September 2023

In his role debut as the Genoan Doge, the American baritone continues to burnish his bona fides as the premier Verdi baritone of his generation.

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22. Sept. 2023

Quinn Kelsey triumphs in Opera Philadelphia's Simon Boccanegra

Von Cameron Kelsall

Will Liverman (Dr Josiah Blackwell), Kiera Duffy (Nellie) and Lauren Pearl (Matron) © Dominic M Mercier

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Opera Philadelphia's 10 Days in a Madhouse confronts the madwoman myth

Von Cameron Kelsall, 21. September 2023

In this world-premiere work, which opens Opera Philadelphia's Festival O23, composer Rene Orth and librettist Hannah Moscovitch dramatize and deconstruct the true story of Nellie Bly's commitment to a mental asylum.

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21. Sept. 2023

Opera Philadelphia's 10 Days in a Madhouse confronts madwoman myth

Von Cameron Kelsall

Kara Goodrich (Mimì) and Joshua Blue (Rodolfo) © Steven Pisano

Philadelphia

La bohème (in reverse) in Philadelphia

Von Linda Holt, 30. April 2023

Yuval Sharon's La bohème for Opera Philadelphia proves a mix of great singing and disorienting navigation.

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30. Apr. 2023

La bohème (in reverse) in Philadelphia

Von Linda Holt

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Faith and fortune: Opera Philadelphia presents Credo and Carmina Burana

Von Cameron Kelsall, 5. Februar 2023

Carl Orff's bawdy choral work shares a program with the sweet and sincere Credo, a rediscovered work by the American composer and arranger Margaret Bonds.

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5. Feb. 2023

Faith and fortune: Opera Philadelphia presents Carmina Burana

Von Cameron Kelsall

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Black Lodge: a brief stay in purgatory with William S Burroughs and David Lynch

Von Kurt Gottschalk, 2. Oktober 2022

David T Little’s Black Lodge, with a libretto by legendary poet Anne Waldman, receives its world premiere at the Philadelphia Film Center.

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2. Okt. 2022

A brief stay in purgatory with William S Burroughs and David Lynch

Von Kurt Gottschalk

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Rossinian vocal fireworks overcome dramatic torpor in Opera Philadelphia's Otello

Von Cameron Kelsall, 30. September 2022

Lawrence Brownlee further cements his status as the world's leading bel canto tenor with a blazing performance as Rodrigo, the unlikely central figure in Rossini's rendering of the Shakespearean tragedy.

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30. Sept. 2022

Vocal fireworks overcome dramatic torpor in Philadelphia Otello

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Opera Philadelphia's darkly modern Rigoletto spotlights exciting young singers

Von Cameron Kelsall, 29. April 2022

The company returned to its home at the Academy of Music after three years with a brutalist take on Verdi's middle-career masterpiece.

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29. Apr. 2022

Opera Philadelphia's Rigoletto spotlights exciting young singers

Von Cameron Kelsall

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With Soldier Songs, Opera Philadelphia explores the lingering trauma of war

Von Cameron Kelsall, 21. Januar 2021

Director and star Johnathan McCullough gives a riveting performance as a young man scarred by his experiences on the battlefield.

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21. Jan. 2021

Opera Philadelphia explores the lingering trauma of war

Von Cameron Kelsall

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Opera Philadelphia gives a masterful Verdi Requiem

Von Susan Gould, 2. Februar 2020

This Requiem was a gift to Music Director Corrado Rovaris for the anniversary of his twenty years with the company.

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2. Feb. 2020

Opera Philadelphia gives a masterful Verdi Requiem

Von Susan Gould

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The Love for Three Oranges: Prokofiev's commedia dell’arte showpiece in Philadelphia

Von Linda Holt, 22. September 2019

Alessandro Talevi production for Festival O has sight gags and vaudeville tricks aplenty and features splendid voices in a fine cast.

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22. Sept. 2019

Prokofiev's commedia dell’arte showpiece in Philadelphia

Von Linda Holt

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Amanda Forsythe a truly overwhelming Semele in Opera Philadelphia's Festival O

Von Susan Gould, 19. September 2019

James Darrah stages Handel's sensual oratorio for Festival O, a feast of wonderful singing.

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19. Sept. 2019

Forsythe a truly overwhelming Semele at Festival O

Von Susan Gould

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Opera Philadelphia decorates La bohème with Impressionist art

Von Susan Gould, 26. April 2019

Davide Livermore's production of La bohème is inspired by the Impressionist troves at The Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Barnes Collection.

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26. Apr. 2019

Opera Philadelphia decorates La bohème with Impressionist art

Von Susan Gould

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Robert Carsen's 28-year-old Dream conquers a new fan base in Philadelphia

Von Susan Gould, 8. Februar 2019

The director's world-renowned 1991 conception of Benjamin Britten's 1960 operaA Midsummer Night's Dream finally makes it to America.

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8. Feb. 2019

Carsen's Dream conquers a new fan base in Philadelphia

Von Susan Gould

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Brenda Rae's remarkable Lucia a compensation in Philadelphia

Von Susan Gould, 21. September 2018

Top-notch singers and some sensitive direction almost make up for Laurent Pelly's frustrating Opera Philadelphia production.

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21. Sept. 2018

Brenda Rae's remarkable Lucia a compensation in Philadelphia

Von Susan Gould