Opera Company of Philadelphia
Soprano Adina Nitescu stars as Tosca in 2011. Photo by Marty Sohl.
The Opera Company of Philadelphia is the city’s professional opera producer, performing at the historic Academy of Music, and now the contemporary and intimate Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center. Established in 1975, the Opera Company produces an exciting blend of repertoire and is considered home to many of opera’s brightest singers, directors, and conductors.
For the 2010-2011 Season, the Opera Company has once again crafted two series to appeal to your tastes: Opera at the Academy and Opera at the Perelman. Opera at the Academy Series features three grandscale operas in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia's glorious and time-honored opera house. The Opera Company opens the season in October with the Company Premiere of Verdi’s tour-de-force Otello, which is widely considered to be the composer’s greatest opera. The series continues in February with Gounod's Romeo & Juliet in a new production that paints the Capulets and Montagues as dueling fashion houses in a 21st Century world of models, paparazzi and high style. In the spring, the Opera Company mounts a classic and grand production of Puccini's Tosca, the tale of the diva with flashing eyes and a jealous heart who loves only one man. Featuring some of the most breathtaking music in all of operatic repertoire, Puccini's beloved work has not been seen at the Opera Company of Philadelphia for over ten years.
Now in its third season, the Company's Opera at the Perelman Series offers a uniquely personal platform for exciting chamber works as they come to life in the intimate Perelman Theater. In March, Kimmel Center Presents Curtis Opera Theatre's production of Janácek's delightful The Cunning Little Vixen, brought to life by the talented young voices of Curtis Opera Theatre. The 2010-2011 Season comes to a close with Hans Werner Henze's Phaedra, which is based on the classic Greek myth and was praised by The New York Times at its 2007 World Premiere for "... a consistent rhythmic vitality and often an otherworldly beauty that is hard to resist."
We hope you'll join us for a wonderful sampling of all of the art forms—orchestral splendor, rousing choral work, powerful solo artists, dazzling costumes, theater and dance all wrapped into one evening. We look forward to seeing you at the Opera!
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