Corrado Rovaris celebrates the Big 20 with an electrifying Verdi Requiem in Philadelphia

United StatesUnited States Verdi, Messa da Requiem: Leah Crocetto (soprano), Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo-soprano), Evan LeRoy Johnson (tenor), In-Sung Sim (bass), Opera Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus / Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 2.2.2020. (RP)

Corrado Rovaris conducting Opera Philadelphia in Verdi’s Requiem © Dominic M. Mercier

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Philadelphia’s Messiah achieves mixed results

United StatesUnited States Handel, Messiah: Susanna Phillips (soprano), Paula Murrihy (mezzo-soprano), Jonas Hacker (tenor), Henry Waddington (bass-baritone), Philadelphia Symphonic Choir (Joe Miller, director), Philadelphia Orchestra / Jane Glover (conductor). Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 22.12.2019. (BJ)

Jane Glover (c) Jim Steere

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Philadelphia’s vocal academy rises movingly to the challenge of Figaro

United StatesUnited States Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus, and AVA Opera Orchestra / Cristofer Macatsoris (conductor), Helen Corning Warden Theater, Academy of the Vocal Arts, Philadelphia, 19.11.2019. (BJ)

Kara Mulder as Countess Almaviva (c) Paul Sirochman

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