Opera Philadelphia

Welcome to Fanfare — our weekly guide to live classical music in the Philadelphia area. Here's what John T.K. Scherch recommends in the coming week.

Opera Philadelphia opens its season once again with Festival O23, running Sept. 21 to Oct. 1. WRTI's John T.K. Scherch offers an in-depth preview of the fest, which includes Rene Orth's '10 Days in a Madhouse.'

Brandie Inez Sutton will be the soprano soloist in Margaret Bonds' 'Credo' and Carl Orff’s 'Carmina Burana,' at Opera Philadelphia on Feb. 3 and 5. She stopped by WRTI to reflect on the living dimensions of Black history, and her own trajectory, with John T.K. Scherch.

Opera Philadelphia's Festival O series has consistently presented some of the most daring and forward-thinking bills available at a major American opera house, and this year's is no exception.

Before Opera Philadelphia's production of Rossini's 'Otello,' tenors Lawrence Brownlee and Khanyiso Gwenxane visit WRTI for an in-studio performance and conversation.

Tenor Joshua Blue and soprano Raven McMillon from the cast of Rigoletto stopped by the WRTI Performance Studio to sing for us and share some insight about the popular opera. Opera Philadelphia presents a run of four performances at the Academy of Music starting April 29th.

We're going back in time to 1986, and tenor Luciano Pavarotti was in town to sing Verdi's Requiem Mass at the Spectrum conducted by Lorin Maazel with a full orchestra and vocalists from the Opera Company of Philadelphia, now famously known as Opera Philadelphia. The entire concert was broadcast throughout the country on PBS.

Composer Angélica Negrón collaborates with 'RuPaul's Drag Race' winner Sasha Velour on a 10-minute film featuring original music, in a project for Opera Philadelphia.

Acclaimed for his astonishing range and expressiveness in opera, concert performances, and recitals, tenor Lawrence Brownlee’s many honors include being…