Opera Philadelphia

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Since 1975, Opera Philadelphia has been Philadelphia’s professional opera company, performing at the historic Academy of Music, the Kimmel Center’s contemporary and intimate Perelman Theater, and across the city during our Festival O, which launched in 2017. The Opera strives to deliver outstanding productions of both traditional and exciting new works that resonate with the community; to identify, cultivate, and cast rising young talent alongside internationally-acclaimed singers; and to present innovative programs that educate, broaden, deepen, and diversify the opera audience, both in Philadelphia and beyond.

Stagetime Members with a relationship to Opera Philadelphia

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Brandon Bell

Is Emerging Artist.

Samantha Hankey

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as The Elf The Rose Elf .

Kristen Choi

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as Suzuki Madama Butterfly.

Joshua Blue

Tenor

Performed as Rodolfo La bohème.

Sara LeMesh

Performed as Nellie 10 Days in a Madhouse.

Fran Daniel Laucerica

Performed as Don Luigino Il viaggio a Reims.

Benjamin Taylor

Baritone

Performed as Paolo Simon Boccanegra.

Johnathan McCullough

Baritone

Was Demetrius- A Midsummer'Nigh....

rene orth

Was Empty the House.

Susanne Burgess

Performed as Performer Sleepers Awake (World Premi....

Brent Michael Smith

Bass

Was Tchelio, The Magician in A ....

Rafael Moras

Tenor

Performed as Malcolm Macbeth.

Ashley Marie Robillard

Soprano

Was Emerging Artist.

Michael Lewis

Piano

Performed as Keyboardist Carmina Burana + Credo.

Ashley Milanese

Soprano

Was Emerging Artist in Frequita (Carmen), Barbarin....

Martin Bakari

Performed as Goro Madama Butterfly.

Geoffrey McDonald

Was Conductor ("Sky on Swings" ....

Abi Levis

Was Testo/Memory 3.

Jessica Beebe

Soprano

Was Luna/The Wake World CD reco....

Abigail Raiford

Performed as Performer The Seasons.

Adrian Kramer

Tenor

Was Normanno, Lucia di Lammermoor.

David Hertzberg

Was Composer in Residence.

Julius Ahn

Tenor

Was Principal Artist.

Tiffany Soricelli

Worked here as Workshop Facilitator & Financial Coach, Emerging Artists Program.

Elise Mark

Soprano

Worked here as Teaching Artist.

Mark Hosseini

Was Opera Chorus.

Lindsey Reynolds

Was Emerging Artist.

Maxwell Levy

Was Former Roster.

Renee Macdonald

Worked here as Chorus / Featured Soloist.

Micah Gleason

Performed as Conductor The Listeners.

Leah Partridge

Soprano

Was Violetta, Musetta.

Jorell Williams

Piano, Baritone, Arranger, Composer, Songwriter

Performed as Soloist The Arts on Center Stage wi....

Anaïs Naharro-Murphy

Worked here as Teaching Artist .

Brenna Markey

Worked here as Madama Butterfly.

John Holiday

Countertenor

Performed as Performer Shorts: The Opera We Made.

Ben Newman

Worked here as Festival Company Manager.

Karina Kacala

Worked here as Marketing Manager.

Jarrett Ott

Baritone

Studied here for Emerging Artist.

Jasmine Pai

Cello

Is Section Cello.

Dennis Chmelensky

Baritone

Was Baritone in M. Productions.

Aurelien Eulert

Performed as Pianist The Arts on Center Stage wi....

Kyle Miller

Baritone

Performed as Prince Yamadori Madama Butterfly.

Ariadne Greif

Soprano

Was Singer in We Need To Talk | Caroline ....

Nick Borghoff

Violin, Viola

Is Viola Sub.

Kerry Masek

Was Production Stage Manager.

Sun-Ly Pierce

Mezzo-Soprano

Worked here as Guest Artist.

Chaowen Ting

Worked here as Conductor.

Olivia Prendergast

Was Delia in Il viaggio a Reims.

Sarah Scofield

Was Maddalena - Il viaggio a Reims.

2023

WTO Company

This Stagetime member is part of the 2023 Wolf Trap Opera company.

Nathaniel Bear

Tenor

Performed as Chorus Il viaggio a Reims.

Allison Deady

Performed as Performer Sleepers Awake (World Premi....

Ethan Burck

Was Singer in The Listeners, Oedipus Rex .

Lauren Cook

Performed as Theresa Alvarez (cover) The Listeners (US Premiere).

George R. Miller

Was Associate Director in Unholy Wars - Handel, Monte....

Edward Sturm

Performed as Assistant Director Sleepers Awake (World Premi....

Opera Philadelphia Schedule of Events

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The Seasons

Performer (Soloist) - Abigail Raiford

Complications in Sue 

Santa Claus, Roger, Octogenarian, Death (Cover) - Brandon Bell
Assistant Director - Edward Sturm

Sleepers Awake (World Premiere)

Performer - Allison Deady , Susanne Burgess
Assistant Director - Edward Sturm
Performer - Susanne Burgess

Event Information

Sleepers Awake (World Premiere)

April 22, 2026 - April 26, 2026

Info / Tickets

Description

In this opera, the chorus has the starring role. Composer Gregory Spears, whose music has been called “astonishingly beautiful” (The New York Times), “coolly entrancing” (The New Yorker), and “some of the most beautifully unsettling music to appear in recent memory” (The Boston Globe), creates a labyrinthine soundscape to accompany a dream-like rendering of the fairytale “Sleeping Beauty,” inspired by modernist writer Robert Walser. As the Opera Philadelphia Chorus sings itself in and out of slumber, the voices pull us into a liminal space where time is both fractured and cyclical. Conceived with and directed by the transformative Jenny Koons, this visually dazzling world premiere activates a collective voice to question the fragile line between waking and dreaming. Corrado Rovaris conducts.

Event Type Opera

Language Performed English

Contributors

Allison Deady

Performer

Apr 22, 2026 - Apr 22, 2026

Dates

Apr, 26