Opera-Online! Week 2

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Welcome to Opera Online!

We're still in Turandot mode at Opera-Online! We're gearing up for next month's Sounds of Learning event when students from across the Delaware Valley will come to Philadelphia 's beautiful Academy of Music to see Puccini's grand fairy tale.

We've got a great video clip of the week and website of the week for you, too, that are sure to help you get ready for Turandot!

Youtube Clip of the Week

This week we'll see a clip of dramatic soprano Francesca Patanè singing the title role of Turandot. Ms. Patanè will be singing the role for the Opera Company in this production. In this clip, we'll hear Turandot's famous aria "In questa reggia" ("Within this kingdom") in which Turandot explains to Calaf, the Unknown Prince, why she tests her suitors to answer the three riddles.

Website of the Week Soprano, Francesca Patanè

Our website of the week is our Company's own. Our featured article is an interview with soprano Francesca Patanè. She talks about her famous Italian musical family and her early career as a fashion model in New York City! Click here to read more about Ms. Patanè.

Be Our Guest!

Also, we'd like to invite you to attend A Taste of Opera, the Company's FREE pre-production recital lecture on Turandot. It will be held at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at 128 N. Broad Street in Philadelphia on Sunday, February 15, 2009 from 2:00-3:00 PM. If you'd like to attend, please email outreach@operaphila.org with your name and the number of people who will attend. Reservations are required for this event. For more information about A Taste of Opera, please visit our website.

Don't forget to invite your friends to sign up to receive these alerts by emailing their name, school, and age to us at outreach@operaphila.org.

Until next week...

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