Playing in the rafters
Opera took center stage on the final weekend of the Philadelphia Orchestra season.
36 pieces since 2007 — in 14 roles, at 11 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
3 pieces as Rodolfo — stats above show all coverage for Stephen Costello.
View allOpera took center stage on the final weekend of the Philadelphia Orchestra season.
The people—I assume most of them were natives—seemed pretty happy at La Boheme at the San Carlo on Saturday night. For one thing, the theater was packed to the top tier, all of us masked (vigili di fuoco—firemen—made sure of that)
No surprises this week: back to normal with what is perhaps the world’s most favorite opera: Puccini’s La bohème.
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