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A sorta fairy tale: Sleepers Awake premieres at Opera Philadelphia
A new opera by Gregory Spears subverts the Sleeping Beauty trope, with middling results.
A long, strange trip: Opera Philadelphia’s Il viaggio a Reims
The intrepid company brings Damiano Michieletto’s well-traveled production of a Rossini rarity to the US for the first time.
The Listeners: daring psychological thriller at Opera Philadelphia
The new opera by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek draws on cult mindsets and conspiracy theories but smartly avoids sensationalism.
Quinn Kelsey triumphs in Opera Philadelphia's Simon Boccanegra
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.
Opera Philadelphia's 10 Days in a Madhouse confronts madwoman myth
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.
La bohème (in reverse) in Philadelphia
Yuval Sharon's La bohème for Opera Philadelphia proves a mix of great singing and disorienting navigation.