New Production
Music by Rene Orth
Libretto by Mark Campbell
Curtis Opera Theatre at the Perelman
Performed in English with English Supertitles
The Perelman Theater is the site of a new production and new orchestration of Empty the House, a 2016 opera composed by Curtis Institute of Music alum and Opera Philadelphia Composer in Residence Rene Orth, featuring a libretto by Mark Campbell (Elizabeth Cree, Silent Night). An intimate, poignant exploration of the complex nature of forgiveness, the opera centers on a mother who invites her grown daughter home for a last weekend in a house filled with painful memories, which nearly overwhelm them both.
Curtis Opera Theatre at the Perelman
in partnership with Opera Philadelphia and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts