| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2012 The Haverford School: Centennial Hall | AVA's frothy Barber a showcase for rising stars |
 Never has the expression “A good time was had by all” been more accurate than at Tuesday night’s performance Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Centennial Hall in Haverford, Pennsylvania. Almost from the moment the overture concluded (and what a splendid overture it was!), chuckles and chortles and belly-laughs erupted from the audience because of the onstage antics of the resident artists of the Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA), a premier opera training academy based in Philadelphia.
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| 17-Jun-2012 The Academy of Vocal Arts: Warden Theater | Slaying the Dragon in Philadelphia: Center City Opera Tackles Racism |
 Most Americans are ashamed of the legacy of the Ku Klux Klan in this country and their lawless persecution of non-whites. Racism in America is not a pretty subject, and it doesn’t make for pretty opera. It does, however, make for a thought-provoking and even disturbing piece in the hands of Philadelphia’s Center City Opera Theater (CCOT). Their world premiere Slaying the Dragon composed by Michael Ching with a libretto by Ellen Frankel was inspired by a true-life event set in the early 1990s in Nebraska.Read full review... | |
