O Festival Diary—Day V: The Wake World Is O17’s Glamorous Swan Song
David Hertzberg’s opera is dramatically pretentious, musically gorgeous, and very much An Event.
O Festival Diary—Day IV, Part II: War Stories
A sometimes-awkward evening that delivers in Lembit Beecher’s one-act premiere opera.
O Festival Diary—Day IV, Part I: Sondra Radvanovsky in Recital
One of today’s top divas provided glamour and high-wattage vocalism.
O Festival Diary—Day II: In O17’s Die Zauberflöte, the Magic is in the Technology
This imaginative, animated staging dazzles in some ways and comes up short in others.
O Festival Diary—Day I: Elizabeth Cree
This witty collage of theatrical ideas, superbly staged and performed, sets a high standard.
OPERA FEATURE: O, The Places You’ll Go
Opera Philadelphia’s innovative festival brings works old and new to venues across the city.
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