"Opera" archive
Friday 20 June
- Summer Solstice Celebration 2008 (15:45) - I barely know where to start about Solstice 2008. Tomorrow, starting at 3pm (2:30pm, for the outdoor street festival) the Kimmel Center celebrates the longest day of the year. Take a look at the schedule for more information about...
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Sunday 18 May
- Christoph Eschenbach and Friends (12:30) - The 2007/2008 season marks the end of Maestro Eschenbach's tenure as Music Director at the Philadelphia Orchestra. To mark this occasion and to celebrate the Maestro's time in Philadelphia, he will give a recital this afternoon, featuring the talents of...
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Friday 14 March
- Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar (16:00) - Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar makes its Philadelphia Premiere tonight at the Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater. Inspired by the life and work of Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca, Ainadamar is a mystical and poetic meditation on loss, memory, revolution,...
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Wednesday 24 October
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano (16:24) - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has reigned over the opera world for forty years. In addition to her performances, she also established a foundation and trust fund to guarantee "talented young New Zealand singers and musicians with complete dedication to their...
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Friday 12 October
- Filarmonica della Scala (16:36) - The audiences at the famed La Scala opera house are notorious for being almost as rowdy and inclined to express their displeasure as Philadelphia sports fans. I expect tonight Verizon will echo with cheers for tenor Ben Heppner and...
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