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Tenors Al Fresco: Brownlee and Spyres in Concert for Opera Philadelpha (for Parterre Box)

August 28, 2021

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

Joust In Time: Man of La Mancha at Saratoga Opera (for Parterre Box)

July 17, 2021

Zachary James delivers a thoughtfully crafted, blessedly restrained Quixote/Cervantes.

Her Kind of Woman: New Biography Explores Jane Russell’s Life and Times (for Parterre Box)

June 24, 2021

“Mean…Moody…Magnificent!: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend” chronicles the Golden Age starlet’s troubled life and idiosyncratic career.

Telling the World We Are Not Invisible: Our Critics on In the Heights

June 14, 2021

This film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s beloved musical has come around at exactly the right moment.

Awaiting Faith: Myths and Hymns, Chapter IV from MasterVoices (for Parterre Box)

May 30, 2021

The fourth and final chapter of MYTHS AND HYMNS feel deeply connected to our current moment.

Ladies of Spain: The Met’s Final 2020-21 Streaming Program (for Parterre Box)

May 22, 2021

These streamed recitals, warts and all, have allowed us to see performers let their hair down.

Confrontation, Catharsis and Crisis: Our Critics watch Uncle Vanya (for Parterre Box)

May 12, 2021

Watching the actors—masked and in street clothes, struggling with umbrellas—was almost unbearably emotional.

Remembering Ghena Meirson (1957-2021)

May 11, 2021

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

The Drama You’ve Been Craving: Opera Philadelphia Explores Tosca at the Mann (for Parterre Box)

May 6, 2021

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

REVIEW: EgoPo’s Nocturne Brings Theater to the Parking Lot

May 3, 2021

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

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