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Otello - Week 6

IT'S OPENING NIGHT
AT THE
OPERA COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA!

The Opera Company of Philadelphia's production of Verdi's Otello opens tonight with a gala celebration of the Company's 35th Anniversary.

Some of you may attended the final dress rehearsal of the opera this past Wednesday and saw star baritone Mark Delevan performing in a wheelchair.

Mark hurt his knee during rehearsal and had to undergo surgery yesterday afternoon. The surgery was very successful and Mark plans to perform the opera tonight from his wheelchair!

Mark and the entire cast, chorus and Company members joined together on the stage of the Academy of Music to sing Happy Birthday to the Opera Company of Philadelphia. See if you can recognize any of the performers in our video clip of the week!

VIDEO CLIP OF THE WEEK:



Also, if your went to the Student Dress Rehearsal of Otello on Wednesday, we need student feedback! Just visit this page to leave your comments about the opera. Your comments should include your first name, school, and age.

OPERA ON THE AIR
On Saturday, October 2nd at 1pm 90.1 FM - WRTI Radio will broadcast Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment, or The Daughter of the Regiment, with soprano Diana Damrau as Marie. Also joining her are two graduates from The Curtis Insitute of Music: tenor Juan Diego Forez and contralto Meredith Arwady in a production from San Francisco Opera.

This Sunday, October 3rd, PBS WLVT Channel 39 from Allentown-Bethlehem broadcasts a production of Bizet's Carmen from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. This performance stars mezzo-soprano Elina Garaca and tenor Roberto Alagna as the lovers.

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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