PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Opera Philadelphia will transport audiences to 19th-century Paris with Puccini's La bohme. "But it's a La bohme like you've never seen it before," says Frank Luzi, Vice ...

Opera Philadelphia is kicking off the second half of its season with the Philadelphia premiere of an international sensation. Written on Skin has been hailed as the century's most successful new opera ...

An operatic Vivaldi pastiche, with a new story by Sarah Ruhl, offers an ambivalent message about how art can make people pay attention. By Brian Seibert The Italian director Damiano Michieletto has ...

Opera Philadelphia’s 2025-2026 Season will once again feature tickets for as low as $11, or a higher price of your choosing, in the company’s second year of its successful Pick Your Price initiative.

PHILADELPHIA — Anthony Roth Costanzo, the man who brought $11 opera tickets to Philadelphia, hopes to keep surprising audiences during the company’s new season. “It is very much opera. It’s dramatic, ...

Opera Philadelphia is bringing back its “Pick Your Price” ticket initiative for the 2025-2026 season, allowing audiences to attend performances for as little as $11. The model, which allows patrons to ...

Jean-Georges Philadelphia, in a first-of-its kind collaboration with Opera Philadelphia, will present an exclusive one-night-only immersive dinner on Thursday, November 20, bringing operatic flair to ...

The store may be closed, but the Wanamaker building will be alive with art this fall. Opera Philadelphia is throwing open the doors of the Wanamaker Building and inviting the city back into the ...

Just over a year ago, on June 1, 2024, Anthony Roth Costanzo became general director and president of Opera Philadelphia. The Grammy-winning countertenor faced immediate financial challenges, tackling ...

Editor's note: This is the last in a three-part series on the future of opera. PHILADELPHIA — In his 1822 self-portrait, the Philadelphian polymath Charles Willson Peale beckons us behind a billowing ...

We strive to make our ExCITe Center activities part of civic life in Philadelphia. This includes several unique partnerships with the arts and culture community. This month, we've featured our friends ...