The concert marks Sutton and Vincent’s company debuts with Opera Philadelphia. Joining the concert as soloists are soprano Brandie Sutton, tenor Alasdair Kent, and baritone Ethan Vincent. Credo premiered in 1967 but Bonds was only able to hear her composition live two times before her death in 1972, as it remained unpublished until 2022. Du Bois, the work is an affirmation of racial justice, peace, and Black pride expressed through powerful melodic language and ingenious orchestration. In Opera Philadelphia’s concert, the piece is paired with Bonds’ magisterial Credo, which followed a much less celebrated path to the stage. When Orff (1895–1982) premiered his rollicking cantata in 1937, he couldn’t have imagined that its opening strain “O Fortuna” would become one of the most-quoted music themes in American popular culture, and Carmina Burana one of the most popular pieces of the classical music repertoire. The concert marks both the Philadelphia premiere of Credo and the company debut of a rising star, conductor Lina González- Granados. 3 and 5, 2023, gathering nearly 200 performers from the company’s Chorus and Orchestra for a concert of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana and Margaret Bonds’ Credo, pairing one of classical music’s most recognizable choral works with a rarely performed masterpiece. Opera Philadelphia returns to the Academy of Music stage Feb. Conductor Lina González- Granados makes her company debut leading the Opera Philadelphia Chorus and Orchestra
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