A haunting lullaby formed from the memories and individual relationships of its collaborators—acclaimed composer Angélica Negrón, drag superstar Sasha Velour, and renowned filmmaker Matthew Placek—The Island We Made is a uniquely intimate art-opera film.
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw brings her complex, layered sound world to the Opera Philadelphia Channel with We Need to Talk, based on a poem by celebrated poet Anne Carson. Soprano Ariadne Greif stars as a young woman in conversation with herself, reminiscent of our isolated days...
Enter the mind of poet Paul Verlaine (1844–1896) in the Academy of Vocal Arts' spring French Recital, which features music by Chausson, Delius and Déodat de Séverac.
Music Director and Pianist: Audrey Saint-Gil
Mise en scène: Pascale Spinney
Verlaine: Benjamin Dickerson
Mathilde: Aubry Ballarò...
Tyshawn Sorey's world premiere inspired by “Save the Boys,” an 1887 poem by abolitionist, writer and Black women’s rights activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, performed by countertenor John Holiday and pianist Grant Loehnig. Closed captions available.
