Join us in wishing AVA’s Class of 2026 a heartfelt congratulations and a fond farewell at the annual Farewell Recital, this next Thursday, May 14!🎓🎶🎹
Class of 2026:
Alla Yarosh, mezzo-soprano (@_alla.yarosh )
Cumhur Görgün, bass (@cumhurgorgun )
🎟️Buy your tickets at the link in our bio!
🗓️Thursday, May 14, 2026
📍The Church of the Holy Trinity, 1904 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
#academyofvocalarts #farewellrecital #graduation #classof2026
Join us for the 2025-26 Opera Season at the Academy of Vocal Arts! Experience a season brimming with illicit romance, treacherous intrigues, and riotous laughter. Subscribe now and save up to 15% off the price of single tickets and guarantee your seats for our sell-out performances. Customize your season experience, choose your preferred venues, and save! Click the link in our bio to buy subscriptions and single tickets, or call us at 215.735.1685.
2025-26 Opera Season🎭
New Artist Recital🎶
September 26, 2025
Music Director: José Meléndez
Giargiari Bel Canto Competition🏆
October 4, 2025
Music Director: Danielle Orlando
Le nozze di Figaro | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart💍
November 8 – December 2, 2025
Conductor: Joseph Colaneri
Stage Director: Tara Faircloth
Scenic Designer: Cameron Anderson
Capriccio | Richard Strauss🎻🖋️
January 17 – January 25, 2026
Music Director: Luke Housner
Stage Director: Josh Miller
Scenic Designer: Cameron Anderson
I Capuleti e i Montecchi | Vincenzo Bellini⚔️
February 28 – March 7, 2026
Conductor: Michelle Rofrano
Stage Director: John de los Santos
Scenic Designer: Cameron Anderson
Falstaff | Giuseppe Verdi🤺
April 18 – May 5, 2026
Conductor: Steven White
Stage Director: Chas Rader-Shieber
Scenic Designer: Cameron Anderson
Farewell Recital🎓
May 15, 2026
Music Director: José Meléndez
Our Resident Artists visited the Piet Mondrian collection at the Philadelphia Art Museum (@visitpham ) to learn about the artist and his work in preparation for our upcoming, Mondrian-inspired production of Richard Strauss’ Capriccio.🎨🖼️
Many thanks to our friends at the museum for this special guided tour!
#academyofvocalarts #philadelphiaartmuseum #artmuseum #capriccio #mondrian
Congratulations to AVA’s Resident Scenic Designer, Cameron Anderson (@cameronandersondesign ), on wining the American Academy in Rome’s Billie Tsien Rome Prize for Design!🎨🏆🎖️
We look forward to seeing her bold concepts take the stage at AVA for the upcoming 2026-27 season!
#academyofvocalarts #cameronanderson #scenicdesign
As we conclude our whimsical (and extraordinarily green) production of Verdi’s Falstaff with today’s opera outreach performance at The Haverford School, we leave you with the wise words of Maestro Steven White on what makes this opera so special.🦌🟢
#academyofvocalarts #falstaff #verdi
1st year mezzo-soprano Maiya Williams (@maiyawilliamsmezzo ) chatted with us about her introduction to singing, her first-year experience at AVA, and her role in Verdi’s Falstaff.🦌
Catch Maiya at the grand finale performance of Falstaff on May 5th at The Haverford School’s Centennial Hall!
🎟️Get tickets in our bio!
#academyofvocalarts #maiyawilliams #mezzosoprano #falstaff #verdi
More from the second cast of Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff.🤺🦌
🎶Conductor: Steven White
🎭Stage Director: Chas Rader-Shieber (@radershie )
🎨Scenic Designer: Cameron Anderson (@cameronandersondesign )
📸: Morgan Horell (@morganhorellphoto )
#academyofvocalarts #falstaff #opera #verdi
Photos from the second cast of Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff.🤺🦌
🎶Conductor: Steven White
🎭Stage Director: Chas Rader-Shieber (@radershie )
🎨Scenic Designer: Cameron Anderson (@cameronandersondesign )
📸: Morgan Horell (@morganhorellphoto )
#academyofvocalarts #falstaff #opera #verdi
May is the month for multitudes of music at the museum! (see what we did there? 😉)
Join us at Woodmere for three upcoming classical concerts by a range of talented Philadelphia musicians.
With opera from the Academy of Vocal Arts on May 3, a lively revolution-era program from Tempesta di Mare on May 9, and powerfully expressive sound from Variant 6 on May 16, you won’t want to miss any of these performances!
Send this to a friend you’d like to join you—and don’t forget, Woodmere Members take $10 off the regular ticket price. Join as a Member and fill your calendar with sound 🎶
#woodmeremuseum #classicalmusicphilly #phillyopera
More photos of the opening night cast of Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff.🤺🦌
🎶Conductor: Steven White
🎭Stage Director: Chas Rader-Shieber (@radershie )
🎨Scenic Designer: Cameron Anderson (@cameronandersondesign )
📸: Morgan Horell (@morganhorellphoto )
#academyofvocalarts #falstaff #opera #verdi
First batch of photos of the opening night cast of Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff.🤺🦌
🎶Conductor: Steven White
🎭Stage Director: Chas Rader-Shieber (@radershie )
🎨Scenic Designer: Cameron Anderson (@cameronandersondesign )
📸: Morgan Horell (@morganhorellphoto )
#academyofvocalarts #falstaff #opera #verdi
Scherch for Music | @avaopera ticket giveaway alert! Link in bio!
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WRTI’s John T.K. Scherch (@johntkbass ) is back with another quest for great music recommendations in Philadelphia.
This week, performance by: @operaphila@gregoryhspears@pcmsconcerts@taimurrayviolin@philorch@operaontapphl@avaopera
💌 For more live classical happenings each week, subscribe to Fanfare, WRTI’s guide to concerts around Philly (link in bio).
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