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Hey folks, is anybody going to the Barber this Thursday?
Opera Company of Philadelphia’s 2010-2011 Season. Just as Boston has only three operas, so too does Philly. Philadelphia does have two additional performances, co-operating with the Curtis Institute at the Perlman Auditorium of the Kimmel Center. (The smaller venue.) These have sold out in the past.
On the main bill at the Academy of Music are :
Otello with Clifton Forbis, Arnold Rawls, Norah Ansellem and Mark Delavan, with the first two playing Ottello different evenings Oct 1 through 15, 2010.
Romeo and Juliet with Stephen Costello, Ailyn Perez Feb 11 thru 20, 2011
Tosca with Adina Nitescu, Thiago Arancam and Boris Statsenko April 29 thru May8, 2011
At the Perman with Curtis singers:
Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen March 16,18, 20, 2011
Hans Werner Henze’s Pheadra June 3,5 and 8, 2011.
Philly is only a short train ride from Manhattan and perhaps some of the local regulars at Parterre would like to see some of this stuff.
As long as we’re being bitchy, I’ve never understood the appeal of Ansellem. Her fluttery vibrato seems too close to a wobble for me. Otherwise, I’d like to see that Otello. Generally, I like Delavan, and it’s one of my fave Verdi works.
I don’t think it’s bitchy to say that one doesn’t particularly like a singer. Ansellem does nothing for me either.
Just a quick correction in that the Vixen is with Curtis but the Phaedra stars William Burden and Tamara Mumford and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo.