Philadelphia

I Want Your Rex: DF reviews Oedipus Rex + Lilacs at Opera Philadelphia (for Parterre Box)

Opera Philadelphia returns to the stage with an honorable, if not entirely convincing, mixed program.

This short but powerful monologue, superbly delivered by Kirsten Quinn, exemplifies the strengths of Irish Heritage Theatre.

Two singers at the top of their game in music as punishing as it is pretty.

Ghena’s Russian Opera workshops were a source of joy to Philadelphia, and a contribution to music far beyond our city.

Opera is back, baby, and it’s good to be home!

Adam Rapp’s elliptical meditation on grief and guilt ushers in a new era of in-person performances in Philadelphia.

I’ve long held that Philly’s best actors are as good as those anywhere, and you’ll see that here.

God is in the details, as they say—and in passage after passage, Oropesa realized those details as few singers have.

You will not soon forget David T. Little’s harrowing, riveting monodrama, nor Johnathan McCullough’s performance.

With virtual streamed productions, the Wilma and PTC show that a path forward might also bring national recognition.