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The Barber of Seville
Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday at the Academy of Music, 240. S. Broad St. Tickets: $19-$249. Information: 215-893-1018, www.operaphila.org.
Conducted by Corrado Rovaris, direction by Michael Shell, stage designs by Shoko Kambara, lighting by Driscoll Otto.
Performances: Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday at the Academy of Music.
"Everything is brighter and better in Seville" - at least onstage at the Academy of Music, where Opera Philadelphia's set designer, Shoko Kambara, author of the above comment, is p…
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Fans got their first look at Captain Hook in NBC's "Peter Pan Live" Wednesday, as EP Neil Meron tweeted out a pic of Allison Williams as Peter and Christopher Wal…
To celebrate the opening of Opera Philadelphia's 2014-2015 season, the 40th anniversary at that, a free, outdoor live-broadcast presentation of Rossini's iconic "The Barber of Seville" will …
