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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.
Opera by committee: Opera Philadelphia premieres Complications in Sue
Opera Philadelphia commissions ten composers to tell the story of an ordinary woman's idiosyncratic march from cradle to tomb.
A didactic Decameron: The Seasons at Opera Philadelphia
Conceived by Anthony Roth Costanzo and Sarah Ruhl, this high-handed pasticcio sets the climate crisis to a soundtrack of Vivaldi.
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.
Opera Philadelphia's Unholy Wars creates a dialogue with Monteverdi
Arab-American tenor Karim Sulayman devises a thoughtful pastiche that centers the perspective omitted from Early Modern depictions of the Middle East in music.