A dilettante at large: A QUIET PLACE (Curtis Institute of Music)
The Curtis Institute of Music and Opera Philadelphia’s stunning production Leonard Bernstein’s opera, A Quiet Place, is one of many worldwide celebrations of his centennial;
Ashley Milanese
THE MAGIC FLUTE (Opera Philadelphia): An animated opera in the O17 Festival
A worthy anchor of Opera Philadelphia’s inaugural O17 Festival.
THE MAGIC FLUTE (Opera Philadelphia): A dazzling reinvented Mozart at the O17 Festival
Opera Philadelphia challenges our preconceptions of opera with its O17 Festival
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (Curtis Opera Theatre/Opera Philadelphia): Clowns and opera collide
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS predates Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George” and David Hirson’s “La Bête” by decades, but the situation its plot depicts brings both of those later 20th century works to mind.
