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Yardbird Radio Broadcast
November 19, 2016 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

CHARLIE PARKER’S YARDBIRD
AMERICAN OPERA RADIO SERIES BROADCAST
Saturday, November 19
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Apollo Theater & Opera Philadelphia Present
CHARLIE PARKER’S YARDBIRD
Radio Broadcast
Saturday, November 19
Set in the famed NYC jazz club, Birdland, this opera is a free-form expedition into the mind, heart, and personal purgatory of the bebop great.
In the empty twilight between life and death, saxophonist Charlie Parker composes his final masterpiece, revisiting the inspirations, demons, and women who fueled his creative genius. Acclaimed as “a swift-paced chamber opera with a pulsing, jazz-infused score” (The New York Times), the opera stars Lawrence Brownlee as the legendary saxophonist—a role crafted around the effortless, improvisational style that makes him one of music’s most sought after tenors. Soprano Angela Brown mesmerizes as his mother, Addie Parker, and baritone Will Liverman portrays jazz icon Dizzy Gillespie.
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Charlie Parker's YARDBIRD is sponsored by

Leadership support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, The Howard Gilman Foundation, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Additional support from Ed Bradley Family Foundation, OPERA America: The Opera Fund, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Pat and Al Zollar, and many other generous donors.
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- Date:
- November 19, 2016
- Time:
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8:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Event Category:
- Expired Events