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Hello! Greetings from Opera Philadelphia. We're looking to update our subject page (the latest info being from 2013), but with the conflict of interest that presents, we wanted to reach out to the WikiProject Opera. If anyone is willing and able to update our page, we're happy to provide any information that might be useful. AubreyNagle (talk) 20:49, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Aubrey and welcome! I'd be willing to do this when I return from my trip abroad on 23 November. You can initially make suggestions here and be sure to provide reliable independent sources, e.g. news and magazine articles, unless the update only involves simple, uncontroversial facts. Then we can take it from there via the article's talk page. Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 12:38, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Voceditenore! Thank you in advance for your help, I appreciate it. I believe the only thing factually wrong on the page is that we no longer produce just five fully staged opera productions a year, as we've moved into a season-opening festival model. But below I've listed a few points of interest that could help flesh out our modern history. (If this is too long for this page, I can move it to the subject talk page!)
O: From September 14-25 2017, we will launch our first season-opening festival, O17. It will include seven operatic happenings at six venues across Philadelphia with over 25 performances in twelve days. Our annual season structure will now entail this fall festival, O, as well as two spring productions. This inaugural festival includes three world premieres and a special appearance by Sondra Radvanovsky as Festival Artist. Independent sources include Opera News, The New York Times, and the Washington Post.
Leadership: Under General Director and President David B. Devan’s leadership, Opera Philadelphia has rebranded as “the very model of a modern opera company” (The Washington Post) and transformed its business model. He and Jack Mulroney Music Director Corrado Rovaris extended their contracts in 2015 and will be leading the company through at least the end of the 2019-2020 season (The Philadelphia Inquirer). More: Philadelphia Magazine, Billy Penn, Opera News.
Partnership with the Apollo Theater: In 2016, we announced a new partnership with New York City’s Apollo Theater. In the coming years we will partner to stage contemporary operas there, just as we brought Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD to the Apollo in March, the first time an opera has been performed on that stage. The New York Times, Opera News.
Composer in Residence: In 2011 Opera Philadelphia launched the Composer in Residence program in collaboration with Music-Theatre Group in New York. The program provides highly individualized professional development for today’s most promising opera composers. Each residency lasts three years and a new composer in residence is appointed each year. Rene Orth was named the latest CIR in 2016, joining David Hertzberg and David T. Little in the program. Lembit Beecher, Missy Mazzoli and Andrew Norman are alumni of the program. More: Broadway World.
Random Acts of Culture: From 2010 to 2012, Opera Philadelphia participated in Knight Foundation’s Random Acts of Culture, where we gathered members of the Opera Philadelphia chorus and orchestra and other local organizations to bring music to the streets of Philadelphia “flash mob” style. Videos of these events have been viewed millions of times on YouTube. More: The New York Times.
