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Museum Quality: DF Reviews Il Viaggio a Reims at Opera Philadelphia (for Parterre Box)

Rossini’s relative rarity gets a splashy if not wholly coherent production at Opera Philadelphia.

The show has an adoring following, but it’s less edgy than its forty-year-old source material.

In top form, the Met musicians gave rich voice to each selection.. especially the Dvořák.

I’d never imagined spending 10 hours with TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, but such is the magic of this event.

A musically strong, theatrically questionable production closes the Opera Philadelphia season.

It’s not BOMBSHELL … It’s just a bomb.

Morley and Moore in a mixed program, brilliantly conceived and superbly performed.

Emma Griffin’s “Go big or go home” production scores a win for Bernstein’s musical/operetta.

Playwright Joshua Harmon excels at complicated familial narratives… and this may be his best yet.

Seen here, Mamet’s powerful play feels lost in large void.