Opera Company of Philadelphia "Flash Brindisi" at Reading Terminal Market (April 24, 2010)

On Saturday, April 24th, the Opera Company of Philadelphia teamed up with the Reading Terminal Market Italian Festival for a large-scale "Flash Opera" event! Over 30 members of the Opera Company of Philadelphia Chorus and principal cast members of LA TRAVIATA performed the famed "Brindisi" in the aisles of Reading Terminal Market, entertaining hundreds of Philadelphians, and proving that the perfect accompaniment for all things Italian is a little Verdi! The Opera Company sincerely thanks members of the Opera Company of Philadelphia Chorus and cast for generously volunteering their time and talents... BRAVI TUTTI!! LA TRAVIATA runs from May 7 - 16 at the Academy of Music. For tickets/info: 215-893-1018 or operaphila.org

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[jdobypr]

This was SO GREAT!!!

[EllisYoungwaiyip]

Bravo!!!



[chapmmel]

That was outstandingly beautiful <3 Way to go for all those brave souls to just start singing! BEAUTIFUL!

[melloyellophone]

I'm American, I am young, and I fall into whatever other demographic you please. That doesn't mean that I can't like both Bellini and Rammstein if I want to. That means that I value diversity, which is how the United States should present itself. Instead, our people are nationalist and politically apathetic simultaneously. Oh, and classical music is half-deceased in every country, it's just much better funded and more often studied in Europe.

[huhhhhh15]

My FAV flash mob vid

[alwyn73]

Anyway, this video is not there to argue whose continent has better musical culture. Music is different on the different continents, and that's not so bad. We get richer listening to it. Just enjoy the smile on these people's faces and ours when they/we listen to this 'flash opera".

[ivysarab]

all brilliant

[detroyes2]

@SteinbrecherBack I don't think so. I was just commenting on the tenure of the conversation previously, which seemed to suggest that Americans were singular in a disike of classical music. It has been my experience that this is hardly the case.

Incidentaly, on the other end of the spectrum, I've found that the Japanese and Chinese have a greater respect for classical music than even many Europeans.

Thanks for correcting the typo.

[SteinbrecherBack]

@detroyes2 Is that really noteworthy? Young people tend not to like classical music. That should be a given. I'm 22, I am part of the minority who thinks classical music is nice to hear, still, I hear maybe one record, song, whatever ever couple of months... that's normal. No matter where you are (from). Also, if I may: The singular of phenomena is phenomenon. ;)

[SteinbrecherBack]

@sidpook Don't you NORMAL Americans realise that it's not because of YOU that many people think all Americans are idiots? It's because of this radical right-wing sorta-minority that is allowed to rule your country and dominate your country's image outside the US. I mean, for Obama it has to be normal by now to be called a nazi and an Islamist. In Germany, everyone making such statements, on TV or wherever, would be put in jail for hate speech, defamation and incitement of the people.