#Opera Episodes
Episodes that deal with the history of Opera, impresarios, singers and opera performances on the Philadelphia stage.
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April 3, 2026
121. Three Nights at the Opera
Three fascinating tales from the deep annals of Philadelphia opera history . . . . including the stage debut of Blackie the Mail Horse!
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Feb. 24, 2023
48. Hammerstein's Opera House, Part Three
Oscar Hammerstein loses the "Opera War" - but the grand Philadelphia theater that he built still stands.
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Feb. 10, 2023
47. Hammerstein's Opera House, Part Two
The opera "Salome" at Oscar Hammerstein's new Philadelphia Opera House needed to be stopped, declared hundreds of clergymen and civic leaders.
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Jan. 27, 2023
46. Hammerstein's Opera House, Part One
The magnificent new theater in North Philadelphia was ready for its first opera! It was "as if some master magician's wand had called it into being."
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Dec. 17, 2021
23. The Academy of Music
What was Philadelphia to do, in an age when theater audiences were Running Riot? Build them an Academy, and fill it with Grand Opera.