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Vancouver, BC ~ Tickets are selling quickly for the first production of Vancouver Opera's 2013-2014 season: Puccini's electrifying drama, Tosca. Featuring lavish sets and costumes, a magnificent chorus of more than 50 voices, and with 60 players in the orchestra pit, Tosca is a thrill for the senses.

On Saturday evening, Sept. 28, nearly 4,000 people filled Independence National Historical Park to enjoy an HD broadcast of Opera Philadelphia's season-opening production of Verdi'sNabucco. It was the third year of Opera on the Mall, and the lawn outside of Independence Hall was filled with opera-loving Philadelphians who had registered a month in advance, as well as tourists who had stumbled upon the event after visiting the city's historic sites. Many asked why a giant screen had been set up on Chestnut Street. When told it was for a free opera about a struggle for independence, to be broadcast in front of Independence Hall, many had the same response - "Where do I sign up?

On Saturday evening, Sept. 28, nearly 4,000 people filled Independence National Historical Park to enjoy an HD broadcast of Opera Philadelphia's season-opening production of Verdi's Nabucco.

Opera Philadelphia stages NABUCCO with 19th Century sets, and some 19th Century Italian political intrigue

Rollercoaster emotions, intense drama and beautiful music are in store this fall as Vancouver Opera opens the 2013-2014 season with Puccini's exhilarating masterpiece Tosca.

Opera Philadelphia opens its 2013-2014 Season in royal fashion this September, with the Company Premiere of NABUCCO. Verdi's landmark tale of politics and national identity will be presented in five performances at the Academy of Music, now through Oct. 6, with a FREE broadcast on a giant screen at Independence National Historical Park tonight, Sept. 28.

Opera Philadelphia opens its 2013-2014 Season in royal fashion this September, with the Company Premiere of NABUCCO. Verdi's landmark tale of politics and national identity will be presented in five performances at the Academy of Music, Sept. 27 through Oct. 6, with a FREE broadcast on a giant screen at Independence National Historical Park on Saturday, Sept. 28.

Opera Philadelphia opens its 2013-2014 Season in royal fashion this September, with the Company Premiere of Nabucco. Verdi's landmark tale of politics and national identity will be presented in five performances at the Academy of Music, Sept. 27 through Oct. 6, with a FREE broadcast on a giant screen at Independence National Historical Park on Saturday, Sept. 28.

The Metropolitan Opera's 2013-14 season will feature many of the world's greatest singers, conductors, and theater artists in 26 operas, including six new productions, of a varied repertory that ranges from the Baroque era to the 21st century. Met Music Director James Levine will return to the Met podium for the first time in two years, conducting three operas with which he has long been associated: a new production of Verdi's final masterpiece Falstaff, Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, and Berg's Wozzeck. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi will be conducting two operas in the 2013-14 season, Rossini's La Cenerentola and Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

The Metropolitan Opera's 2013-14 season will feature many of the world's greatest singers, conductors, and theater artists in 26 operas, including six new productions, of a varied repertory that ranges from the Baroque era to the 21st century. Met Music Director James Levine will return to the Met podium for the first time in two years, conducting three operas with which he has long been associated: a new production of Verdi's final masterpiece Falstaff, Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, and Berg's Wozzeck. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi will be conducting two operas in the 2013-14 season, Rossini's La Cenerentola and Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

The Metropolitan Opera's 2013-14 season will feature many of the world's greatest singers, conductors, and theater artists in 26 operas, including six new productions, of a varied repertory that ranges from the Baroque era to the 21st century. Met Music Director James Levine will return to the Met podium for the first time in two years, conducting three operas with which he has long been associated: a new production of Verdi's final masterpiece Falstaff, Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, and Berg's Wozzeck. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi will be conducting two operas in the 2013-14 season, Rossini's La Cenerentola and Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

Guest vocalists Dominique Labelle (soprano), Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano), Adam Diegel (tenor), and David Pittsinger (bass-baritone) join the Columbus Symphony, Columbus Symphony Chorus, and Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni for a one-night-only season opening performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, the world renowned Ode to Joy. The evening's program will also include Handel's grand ode for the coronation of England's King George II and a gentle motet by Mozart.

Guest vocalists Dominique Labelle (soprano), Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano), Adam Diegel (tenor), and David Pittsinger (bass-baritone) join the Columbus Symphony, Columbus Symphony Chorus, and Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni for a one-night-only season opening performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, the world renowned Ode to Joy. The evening's program will also include Handel's grand ode for the coronation of England's King George II and a gentle motet by Mozart.

Subscriptions are now on sale for the Columbus Symphony's 2012-13 Masterworks and Pops seasons. Masterworks will continue to present eight concerts at the Ohio Theatre and four concerts at the Southern Theatre. All Pops concerts will remain at the Ohio Theatre.

Adam Diegel will sing the role of Pinkerton in this evening's performance of Puccini's Madama Butterfly, replacing Marcello Giordani, who is ill.

Adam Diegel will sing the role of Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly on February 17, replacing Roberto De Biasio, who is ill.

Adam Diegel will sing the role of Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly on February 17, replacing Roberto De Biasio, who is ill.

Verdi's early opera Nabucco will return to the Metropolitan Opera beginning today for a run of 12 performances.