Music

DF Reviews Carmina Burana at the Philadelphia Orchestra & Suddenly, Last Summer at Opera Philadelphia (for Parterre Box)

Two Philadelphia institutions present delectable performances of sex and filth (of the best kind).

A bumper crop of 16 young singers suggests that opera’s future is in good hands.

In two concerts with wide-ranging repertoire, Yannick and the Philadelphia Orchestra offer an opening week to celebrate.

This production, directed by Emma Griffin, is both a “how to” and a “how not to” stage an opera seria.

Don’t expect any sweeping statements from Franz Welser-Möst ‘s polished, if dramatically inert, Fidelio.

At Curtis Opera, a cast of superb young singers cast a spell with Britten‘s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Klaus Mäkelä unexpectedly joins the foray for The Cleveland Orchestra‘s performances of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem.

At Opera Philadelphia, Gregory Spears’ opera both mystifies and enchants.

Mentored by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Curtis Symphony Orchestra proves themselves the equal of any major American orchestra.

Golda Schultz and Jonathan Ware present Dark Matter(s), an intriguing program of songs, at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society.