The Opera Blog
21 Sep 2022
Program Notes
Director's Note: Rossini's Otello
This work by Rossini is neither rhetorical nor epic — it seeks to denounce the corruption, classism, racism and cynicism of public life in a bourgeois society, at times melodramatically.
21 Sep 2022
8 Sep 2022
Composer in Residence
Q&A with Courtney Bryan
1 Sep 2022
Festival
22 Reasons to be excited about O22
Opera Philadelphia's season-opening Festival is back.
21 Apr 2022
Program Notes
Program Note: Re-Examining Rigoletto
12 Apr 2022
22 Feb 2022
Performance
22 Reasons to See Rigoletto
Discover 22 Reasons to see the next opera in our season, Verdi's Rigoletto.
19 Jan 2022
18 Jan 2022
Performance
Oedipus Rex ... in Emoji
6 Jan 2022
Performance
Oedipus Rex, Fate, and the Chorus
Oedipus Rex does not build its sense of drama through surprise, but rather...