Opera Company of Philadelphia – Free Library of Philadelphia Random Act of Culture


operaphila.org – On Tuesday, November 1, 2011, a trio of singers, Rebecca Siler from the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Alize Rozsnyai from The Curtis Institute of Music and Patricia Vigil from Temple University did more than just research at The Free Library of Philadelphia, startling guests with their rendition of the Queen of the Night aria, Der Hölle Rache, from Mozart’s The Magic Flute. The performance is one of 1000 Random Acts of Culture taking place nationally from 2012- next three years*, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Knight Foundation’s Random Acts of Culture bring artists out of the performance halls and into the streets and our everyday lives. For more videos and information, visit RandomActsofCulture.org. For more information on the Opera Company of Philadelphia, visit http

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10 Responses to “Opera Company of Philadelphia – Free Library of Philadelphia Random Act of Culture”

  1. mjj1201 says:

    Awesome!

  2. createsjg says:

    @KatherineXIX ya think?

  3. KatherineXIX says:

    @finkbinder1002 I’m pretty sure the girl was in on it…

  4. lostistari says:

    Brilliant!

  5. lightcore1000 says:

    Go girls! That was fab! Shame there wasn’t some hair pulling…then maybe the philly folks might have reacted more….

  6. finkbinder1002 says:

    I love what Opera Company of Philly has done with their ‘random acts of culture’ in venues around Philadelphia. However, I think good opera singling was wasted on the patrons in the library. Most looked alarmed the girl with the green headphones was getting pounded on; others looked annoyed that they couldn’t study/research. And the library — acoustically wasn’t a good place.

  7. bruciegrrrl says:

    I think the view meter is broken — I came back to this and it still had the same number of views listed as before I viewed it for the first time. What an amazing performance!

  8. megagerdts says:

    I can’t believe this doesn’t have more views

  9. ThriceBroad says:

    There was a tape recorder.

  10. mdcolby says:

    Where’s the orchestra? :-)

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