Schedule of Performances featuring Ellen Peters (well, not exactly featuring)
Details below list
10/9/09 Fri - Madama Butterfly - Opera Co of Philly
10/11/09 Sun - Madama Butterfly - Opera Co of Philly
10/14/09 Wed - Madama Butterfly - Opera Co of Philly
10/16/09 Fri - Madama Butterfly - Opera Co of Philly
10/18/09 Sun - Madama Butterfly - Opera Co of Philly
11/8/09 Sun - Bach & Beyond - Philly Singers
12/13/09 Sun - Messiah - Philly Orchestra & Philly Singers Chorale
12/12/09 Sat - Xmas on Logan Square - Philly Singers
12/19/09 Sat - Xmas on Logan Square - Philly Singers
2/4/10 Thu - Midsummer Night's Dream - Philly Orch & Philly Singers Chorale
2/5/10 Fri - Midsummer Night's Dream - Philly Orch & Philly Singers Chorale
2/6/10 Sat - Midsummer Night's Dream - Philly Orch & Philly Singers Chorale
3/6/10 Sat - Glass, Reich, Bryars - Relâche, Orch 2001 & Philly Singers
5/7/10 Fri - La Traviata - Opera Co of Philly
5/9/10 Sun - La Traviata - Opera Co of Philly
5/12/10 Wed - La Traviata - Opera Co of Philly
5/14/10 Fri - La Traviata - Opera Co of Philly
5/16/10 Sun - La Traviata - Opera Co of Philly
6/17/10 Thu - Orphée & Eurydice - Opera Co of Philly
6/19/10 Sat - Orphée & Eurydice - Opera Co of Philly
6/22/10 Tue - Orphée & Eurydice - Opera Co of Philly
6/23/10 Wed - Orphée & Eurydice - Opera Co of Philly
6/25/10 Fri - Orphée & Eurydice - Opera Co of Philly
Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Opera Company of Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Friday, October 9, 2009 at 8:00 p.m
Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 2:30 p.m
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 16, 2009 at 8:00 p.m
Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 2:30 p.m.
Sung in Italian with English translations
The beautiful, young geisha Cio-Cio San has renounced her family and surrendered all of her love and faith to her new American husband, Lieutenant Pinkerton. Intoxicated by her innocence, he pledges his love for her ecstatically, only to leave her behind when he returns to America. After waiting patiently for his return, she is met with unbearable heartbreak and, ultimately, the choice between life and honor.
Perhaps the most popular work in all of the operatic canon thanks to its swelling, unabashed melodies and a story that touches the depths of the human soul, Madama Butterfly comes to life on the Academy stage in a stunning and acclaimed production by designer Jun Kaneko that marries the classic with the contemporary.
Tickets: 215-732-8400
BACH AND BEYOND
Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 4:00pm
Philadelphia Singers Chamber Ensemble
Church of the Holy Trinity, 19th & Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
From the intricate and beautiful melodies of Bach’s Jesu Meine Freude to the powerful emotions of Alberto Ginastera’s Lamentations of Jeremiah, the 2009-2010 Season opens with a quintessential Philadelphia Singers concert.
Tickets: (215) 751-9494
HANDEL’S MESSIAH
Sunday December 13, 2009, 2:00 PM
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia Singers Chamber Ensemble
Verizon Hall
It’s the Messiah. ‘Nuff said.
Tickets: (215) 893-1900
CHRISTMAS ON LOGAN SQUARE
Philadelphia Singers Chamber Ensemble
Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 5:00pm
Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 5:00pm
St. Clement’s Church, 20th and Cherry Streets Philadelphia
This Philadelphia holiday tradition begins with a beautiful candlelight procession, features Jennifer Higdon’s ethereal O Magnum Mysterium and Resphighi’s exquisite Lauda per la Nativita del Signore, plus traditional favorites, and concludes with a rousing audience carol sing.
Tickets:(215) 751-9494
SHEHERAZADE
Thursday, February 4, 2010 8:00 PM
Friday, February 5, 2010 8:00 PM
Saturday, February 6, 2010 8:00 PM
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Verizon Hall
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos – Conductor
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale - Women's chorus
MENDELSSOHN - Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV – Sheherazade
The young Mendelssohn was a polymath who painted, argued philosophy, and devoured the works of Shakespeare and other literary giants. So it was natural that he should take on the task of creating incidental music for the Bard's peerlessly silly comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream: The result was some of the most scintillating music of his career. In his second set of subscription concerts of the season, Maestro Frühbeck de Burgos presents Mendelssohn's entire Incidental Music, complete with soloists and women's chorus, and balances the program with Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade, a dazzlingly orchestrated rendering of tales from A Thousand and One Nights.
Tickets: (215) 893-1900
GLASS, REICH, BRYARS
Philadelphia Singers Chamber Ensemble with Relâche and Orchestra 2001
Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 8:00pm
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St. Philadelphia
Join The Philadelphia Singers and new music ensembles Relâche and Orchestra 2001 for the world premiere of Persephone by Phillip Glass, whose music and impact reaches from the concert hall and opera house, to the dance world, Academy Award winning films, and popular music. The program also features the Philadelphia premiere of Steve Reich’s You Are (Variations). Reich is the winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in music. The concert concludes with the Philadelphia premiere of two laude for female chorus from British composer Gavin Bryars’ Cycle Lauda Cortonese. This truly eventful concert experience featuring works by three giants of contemporary music is not to be missed!
Tickets:(215) 751-9494
LA TRAVIATA
by Giuseppe Verdi
Opera Company of Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 14, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Sung in Italian with English translations
Champagne toasts, sweetly-fragranced camellias and lush soirees fill the glittering salon of famed courtesan Violetta Valéry, the belle of Parisian nightlife. Enter Alfredo, a handsome young nobleman who looks at her one evening with the unmistakable and unapologetic bloom of love. Nothing will ever be the same as their romance deepens before the eyes of his disapproving father, testing their hearts, their character and the bonds of true love.
Verdi's ultra-romantic masterpiece is a visual and musical tour de force featuring rapturous arias and swelling choral works, set against the richly costumed elegance of the Opera Company's original, period production.
Tickets: 215-732-8400
ORPHÉE & EURYDICE
By Christoph Willibald Gluck
Opera Company of Philadelphia
Perelman Theater
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday,June 19 , 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 25, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Sung in French with English translations
Their love is so true and complete that not even death can come between Orphée and Eurydice in this hauntingly beautiful, mythical tale of the supernatural. When Eurydice leaves the living, Orphée is given the chance to bring her back from the Underworld with one condition – he must promise not to look at his beloved until they return to Earth. But will her faith be strong enough to follow him – even when she fears his love is lost?
With stirring melodies of love, longing and redemption, this production marks the Opera Company Premiere of this classic work in the ideally-suited, intimate venue of the Kimmel Center’s Perelman Theater.
