VIVACE Night at The Black Clown

VIVACE, Opera Philadelphia's community for young friends, invites you to experience Davóne Tines' vaudevillian rendering of Langston Hughes' poem "The Black Clown."

Fusing gospel, opera, jazz, and spirituals into a searing night of theatrical brilliance, The Black Clown embodies the evolving, divided soul of Black America and animates a Black man’s resilience against a legacy of oppression. The Black Clown has been hailed as “pure poetry” by The Boston Globe, and The New York Times lauds “this rich, seamless production melds the past and present of African-American history into an electrifyingly ambivalent whole.” 

Current VIVACE Members can purchase tickets within the reserved VIVACE seat block by logging in to their accounts before selecting seats.