David Portillo: Don Ottavio

In this darkest of comedies, Mozart presents us with a man who challenges every moral and convention. No woman is safe from his advances. No man is safe from his schemes. Everyone wants revenge, but will his evil deeds eventually catch up with him? Tickets & Information.

Tom Corbeil: Leporello

In this darkest of comedies, Mozart presents us with a man who challenges every moral and convention. No woman is safe from his advances. No man is safe from his schemes. Everyone wants revenge, but will his evil deeds eventually catch up with him? Tickets & Information.

Randall Scotting: Prince Go-Go (cover)

Surreal, darkly whimsical, grotesque, sardonic, spine-tingling, exhilarating—these all have been used to describe György Ligeti’s only opera, Le Grand Macabre. Based on the theater piece La Balade du Grand Macabre by Belgian author Michel de Ghelderode, the composer created the libretto with Michael Meschke for this fantastical work, set in read more…

Seth Mease Carico: Victor

As Reinaldo Arenas lies dying of AIDS in New York City he remembers his home in Cuba as Fidel Castro takes power. A counter-revolutionary and homosexual, he is prosecuted by the state for having his manuscripts published outside Cuba. After a period of imprisonment and torture, Reinaldo’s friend Lazaro receives read more…

Javier Abreu: Pepe

As Reinaldo Arenas lies dying of AIDS in New York City he remembers his home in Cuba as Fidel Castro takes power. A counter-revolutionary and homosexual, he is prosecuted by the state for having his manuscripts published outside Cuba. After a period of imprisonment and torture, Reinaldo’s friend Lazaro receives read more…

Randall Scotting: Prince Go-Go (cover)

Surreal, darkly whimsical, grotesque, sardonic, spine-tingling, exhilarating—these all have been used to describe György Ligeti’s only opera, Le Grand Macabre. Based on the theater piece La Balade du Grand Macabre by Belgian author Michel de Ghelderode, the composer created the libretto with Michael Meschke for this fantastical work, set in read more…

Shana Blake Hill: The Phoenix

Maestro Dutoit welcomes American soprano Shana Blake Hill for her Philadelphia Orchestra subscription debut in The Phoenix, a work that Chinese-American composer Bright Sheng based on a Hans Christian Andersen tale. Tickets & Information.

Randall Scotting: Prince Go-Go (cover)

Surreal, darkly whimsical, grotesque, sardonic, spine-tingling, exhilarating—these all have been used to describe György Ligeti’s only opera, Le Grand Macabre. Based on the theater piece La Balade du Grand Macabre by Belgian author Michel de Ghelderode, the composer created the libretto with Michael Meschke for this fantastical work, set in read more…

Jesse Blumberg

Baritone Jesse Blumberg joins the Mirror Visions Ensemble for a recital of works by Britten and Ravel with soprano Vira Slywotsky tenor Scott Murphree, and pianist Gary Chapman.  Tickets & Information.

Michael Mayes

Ma Cong’s modern interpretation expresses all the elements found in Carl Orff’s majestic score. Based on the 800-year-old poetry written by the monks of a thirteenth-century Benedictine monastery, this powerful work celebrates the “pleasures of life” amidst a beautiful stained glass set while accompanied by live chorus and symphony orchestra read more…