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A Masked Ball, or a march of singing penguins

A delight to the ear, yes.
But the eye and the mind?

A Masked Ball, by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Robert Driver. Opera Company of Philadelphia production at Academy of Music, Oct. 23-Nov. 6.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Articles 1 minute read

I'd rather be in Bremerton, Wash.?

A local musical mainstay bids Philadelphia a bittersweet farewell

Bernard Jacobson

Articles 6 minute read
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Learning to love Christoph Eschenbach

His conducting may not stick with you, but his music does.

Dan Coren

Dan Coren

Articles 9 minute read

Opera confronts the survival question

The strange new ingredient in 21st-Century opera: self-doubt.

Daniel Webster

Articles 5 minute read
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Solzhenitsyn tackles Stravinsky

Stravinsky’s ‘L’Histoire du Soldat’ Suite and other works, performed by Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Dec. 4 at Perelman Theater.

Daniel Webster

Articles 1 minute read

OCP's 'Barber of Seville'

Il Barbiere di Seviglia, by Rossini, directed by Robert Driver. Opera Company of Philadelphia, Nov. 5-20, 2005 at Academy of Music.

Daniel Webster

Articles 3 minute read
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In search of Robert Driver's voice

Can the Opera Company’s boss attract the same loyalty from critics that he already receives from singers and paying customers?

(This column originally appeared in
Philadelphia Style magazine, May 2003).
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Articles 8 minute read