{"id":93922,"date":"2024-11-13T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T05:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operawire.com\/?p=93922"},"modified":"2024-12-19T14:09:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T19:09:05","slug":"opera-philadelphia-to-present-the-anonymous-lover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/operawire.com\/opera-philadelphia-to-present-the-anonymous-lover\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera Philadelphia to Present &#8216;The Anonymous Lover&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Opera <a href=\"https:\/\/operawire.com\/opera-philadelphia-unveils-unique-pricing-strategy-for-2024-25-season\/\">Philadelphia<\/a> returns to the historic Academy of Music in January with the company premiere of Joseph Bologne&#8217;s &#8220;The Anonymous Lover.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 1780 opera will be performed on Jan. 31 and Feb. 2, 2025 and is widely known as Bologne\u2019s only surviving opera.<\/p>\n<p>This company premiere stars soprano Symone Harcum in her Opera Philadelphia debut as L\u00e9ontine, tenor\u00a0Travon D. Walker in his company debut as Valcour, baritone Johnathan McCullough\u00a0as\u00a0Oph\u00e9mon; soprano\u00a0Ashley Marie Robillard as Jeanette, tenor Joshua Blue as Colin, and mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce as\u00a0Doroth\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>The work is a co-production with the Boston Lyric Opera and includes a new adaptation by Obie Award-winning Boston playwright Kirsten Greenidge that mixes new English dialogue with the original French.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Anonymous Lover&#8221;\u00a0is directed by\u00a0Dennis Whitehead Darling\u00a0and conducted by\u00a0Kalena Bovell.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the production, the company will screen &#8220;Chevalier,&#8221; a film about Bologne on Jan. 9, 2025 at the Philadelphia Film Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opera Philadelphia returns to the historic Academy of Music in January with the company premiere of Joseph Bologne&#8217;s &#8220;The Anonymous Lover.&#8221; The 1780 opera will be performed on Jan. 31 and Feb. 2, 2025 and is widely known as Bologne\u2019s only surviving opera. 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