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Opera Philadelphia Gives Us: "The Bird"

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Published February 12, 2014 at 5:17 PM EST

Whenever Charlie Parker played a solo, you knew you'd feel good by the end. Opera Philadelphia is jumping off an even higher dive - an opera about the celebrated saxophonist, titledCharlie Parker's Yardbirdthat the Philadelphia Inquirer's David Patrick Stearns reports will bring many unexpected things to the Perelman Theater at its 2015 premiere.

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