A Taste Of Opera: Wilde And Whitman In Song

Free Library of Philadelphia
2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19130

Celebrate the lives of Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman through poetry and song. Join us for a very special A Taste of Opera, in collaboration with the Free Library of Philadelphia. Hear excerpts from Oscar alongside rare musical settings of works by Wilde and Whitman from the Free Library music collection.  Performers include members of Opera Philadelphia’s Emerging Artist Program, some of the most exciting young talents in opera today. Scheduled performers include Eric Jurenas, countertenor; Jarrett Ott*, baritone; Thomas Shivone*, bass-baritone; and Rachel Sterrenberg*, soprano.

This event is free but registration is required.