Opera Company of Philadelphia "Toreador" Random Act of Culture - Jan 8, 2011

http://www.operaphila.org/facebook -- The Opera Company of Philadelphia performed "The Toreador Song" from Bizet's CARMEN at the city's famed Reading Terminal Market on Saturday, January 8, 2011 for a crowd of surprised and delighted shoppers who responded with a chorus of cheers and a rousing ovation. The performance featured soloists (in order of appearance) Troy Cook, Daniel Mobbs and Norman Garrett, and members of the Opera Company of Philadelphia Chorus. The performance is one of 1,000 Random Acts of Culture taking place nationally over the 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://www.operaphila.org

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[grayson white]

Must...stop...watching...opera flash mobs...on youtube....and go back to work.

[John Mason]

This is wonderful.

[Mr19841504]

look at everyones faces, yes good music make us happy!

[Mustardest]

I have been searching for this song! Oh happy day!

[Jennifer Talbot]

Well done!!

[paulluss1]

He's baritone, not tenor

[edgar d]

That is so sad there r not a lot of black opera singers they really have really good voices. For example Lawrence Brownlee.

[alaturno]

2:00 "Those heathens can sing!"

[Kathy Lawes-Reed]

Shinhawk, wash your mouth out. The young man is not a nigga. I am trully insulted.

I am an black opera singer. Wrong choice of words.

Kathy

thesinger

[James M]

What a great ensemble, well done, Bravo!

[Asny Haakonsdottir]

Oh my gods, that black gentleman has a spectacular tenor. He could sing the phone book and it would be amazing.

[CultOfShinnonism]

@sabjanta Exactly how I feel about these things. 100 years from now, people will still be listening to Holst and Bizet, and appreciate it. This truly shows that instruments can still do something fantastic to people!