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Opera Philadelphia's O17 Festival world premiere 'We Shall Not Be Moved'
The ghosts keep calling
An O17 world premiere, ‘We Shall Not Be Moved’ puts Philadelphia’s past in conversation with its present. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Opera Philadelphia's O17 Festival presents 'The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte)'
Mozart meets Murnau (sort of)
An O17 Festival entry, Barrie Kosky and Suzanne Andrade’s 'Magic Flute,' collapses under the anxiety of influence. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Dolce Suono Trio at the Brandywine River Museum of Art
Music makes art make music
To round out its celebration of Andrew Wyeth’s 100th birthday, the Brandywine River Museum presented the Dolce Suono Trio in an artful concert. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Philadelphia Young Pianists' Academy presents Ursula Oppens
Ursula Oppens, seeker of melodies
Ursula Oppens is a champion of modern music, playing and performing the most formidable music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Margaret Darby reviews.
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What they never tell you about composing
Hitting a brick wall
Ahead of Piffaro's celebration of the Reformation, Kile Smith confronts the part of composing they never tell you about.
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Delaware Valley Opera Company presents an operatic threesome
Puccini, Menotti, and Misha Dutka all at once
Delaware Valley Opera Company offers a rarely heard Menotti masterpiece, but its South-Philly-based '"Johnny" Schicchi' is too clever by half. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Allison Vulgamore leaves the Philadelphia Orchestra
CEO's departure leaves the orchestra's wheels spinning
With the departure of the Philadelphia Orchestra's president and CEO, the company finds itself at a crossroads... again. Robert Zaller considers.
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Princeton Festival presents Beethoven's opera 'Fidelio'
A Wonder Woman for all time
The Princeton Festival opens Beethoven's 'Fidelio,' an opera as fresh today as it was more than 200 years ago. Linda Holt reviews.
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National Symphony Orchestra presents Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
Christoph Eschenbach passes the baton
Christoph Eschenbach, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s music director and principal conductor from 2003, conducts Bright Sheng’s 'Zodiac Tales' and the best Beethoven’s Ninth Camille Bacon-Smith has ever heard.
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Hannibal Lokumbe's 'Crucifixion Resurrection: Nine Souls a-Traveling'
Walk of love for the Charleston nine
Philadelphia Orchestra Music Alive composer-in-residence Hannibal Lokumbe performed a tribute to the Charleston Nine on the second anniversary of their deaths. Margaret Darby reviews.
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