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| Ezio Pinza and André Courville (photo: Dario Acosta) |
Opera will return to the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia for what is believed to be
the first time since 1934 when the Academy of Vocal Arts
presents the BrAVA Philadelphia! concert on March 28, 2020.
The partial list of singers includes bass-barihunk André Courville along with sopranos Angela Meade, Latonia Moore, and Vanessa Vasquez; tenors Michael Fabiano, Bryan Hymel, and Taylor Stayton; and mezzo-soprano Hannah Ludwig.
The recently restored 3,100 seat theater opened in 1908 with a production of Carmen and was the site for the U.S. premiere of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck in 1931with Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra.
The partial list of singers includes bass-barihunk André Courville along with sopranos Angela Meade, Latonia Moore, and Vanessa Vasquez; tenors Michael Fabiano, Bryan Hymel, and Taylor Stayton; and mezzo-soprano Hannah Ludwig.
The recently restored 3,100 seat theater opened in 1908 with a production of Carmen and was the site for the U.S. premiere of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck in 1931with Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra.
New York's Metropolitan Opera used to perform regularly in Philadelphia and many of the most famous baritones and basses of the early 20th century performed there, including Fyodor Chaliapin, Edouard de Reszke, Antonio Scotti, Pasquale Amato, Giuseppe De Luca, Lawrence Tibbett, George Cehanovsky and Ezio Pinza.
The building has been used as a movie house, ballroom, sports venue,
and church. After decades of neglect and deferred maintenance, it
reopened in December 2018 with a special appearance by Bob Dylan following a
reported $56 million renovation. Now called Met Philadelphia, it hosts more than a dozen shows a month as a Live Nation venue.
Tickets to the concert are available online.
Tickets to the concert are available online.
Thank you for highlighting the renovation of Philadelphia's opera house, a historic venue that is truly a civic and national treasure. This is absolutely the best and most uplifting news I have read in quite a while. How heartening it is to hear about the revival of this magnificent performance space that advances artistic endeavor.
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