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Love Letters Contest Winners Chosen! Reminder: OCP Subscriber Offer to Vanqui East Coast Premiere Opening Night of Cyrano
All of Philadelphia is abuzz about the East Coast Premiere of the new American opera Cyrano, which makes its debut tonight at the Academy of Music in the largest production the Opera Company has produced in over a decade. With sets representing six locations, over 160 hand-sewn, 17th-century costumes, and more than 150 people onstage and in the orchestra pit, this French masterpiece epitomizes the best of music and theater that opera offers! Recent press coverage on 6-ABC, NBC-10, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the City Paper, three stories in the Daily News about the Premiere, composer David DiChiera and star tenor Stephen Costello, and the airing of the "Making of Cyrano" documentary on WHYY have gotten Philadelphia talking about this can't-miss production! Opening night still has limited-view seating available, while the remainder of the run still has ticket availabilty -- but is selling fast! Click here to see a video clip or sample the music from Cyrano. Click here to learn more about the production.
Love Letters Contest Winners Chosen The results are in and the verdict is unanimous: There's a whole lot of love in Philadelphia! With over 150 entries and more than 200 pages of passion, longing and romance to sift through, the Opera Company of Philadelphia thanks all who bared their souls and entered the Cyrano Ultimate Love Letters Contest! We received letters from boyfriends and girlfriends, spouses, parents, children, letters to teen idols – and more than one love letter to a faithful pet! Special thanks to the Celebrity Judges: 6-ABC/Action News Anchor Tamala Edwards; Cyrano star soprano Evelyn Pollock; B-101 Radio Personality Dan Blackman; and Hall of Fame Phillies Broadcaster Harry Kalas. Special thanks also to Le Bec-Fin for their generous donation of dinner and to Preferred Car & Limousine for their kindly donated car service for the Valentine's Grand Prize. Click here to read the winning selctions! Opera Company subscribers are reminded that they receive a special discount to the Opera North production of Vanqui this Saturday, February 9th at 7:30pm at the Annenberg Center's Zellerbach Theatre. With music by Leslie Burrs, the celebrated composer and Artistic-Executive Director of Opera North, and a libretto by internationally renowned author John A. Williams, Vanqui tells the story of the title character and her husband, Prince – enslaved during the 19th Century. The two transcend the bonds of slavery and through their spirtual experiences meet legendary freedom fighters such as Harriet Tubman and Nat Turner. Vanqui and Prince symbolize the triumph of slaves over an inhumane system – and the ultimate strength of the human spirit. Opera Company of Philadelphia subscribers receive a special discount on tickets to this exclusive special event! Call 215-898-3900 to order tickets! Mention that you are an Opera Company subscriber to recieve the discounted price. Tickets are also available online at the Penn Presents website. (Please note, subscriber discount not available online. Please call 215-898-3900 to receive your discount.) Click here for more information on Vanqui. The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents Tickets are $20 - $40 Special Offer: Purchase a ticket to see Vanqui, and you can then purchase a ticket to the Esperanza Spalding recital on February 9, 2008 at 9:30 p.m. at the special price of $15.00!
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February 8, 2008
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