Advisory of Artist Change - Acclaimed soprano Deborah Voigt to join The Philadelphia Orchestra as soloist for Opening Night

Acclaimed soprano Deborah Voigt has graciously agreed to join The Philadelphia Orchestra as soloist in its Opening Night Concert on October 13, replacing Dawn Upshaw, who was originally scheduled to appear. One of the world’s most versatile singers and one of music’s most endearing personalities, Ms. Voigt is internationally revered for her performances in the operas of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss. She has also portrayed some of the great heroines in Italian opera, including Tosca, Aida, and Amelia, to great acclaim. Her last appearance with The Philadelphia Orchestra was in 1995, in a concert version of Honegger’s Jeann

Acclaimed soprano Deborah Voigt has graciously agreed to join The Philadelphia Orchestra as soloist in its Opening Night Concert on October 13, replacing Dawn Upshaw, who was originally scheduled to appear. One of the world’s most versatile singers and one of music’s most endearing personalities, Ms. Voigt is internationally revered for her performances in the operas of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss. She has also portrayed some of the great heroines in Italian opera, including Tosca, Aida, and Amelia, to great acclaim. Her last appearance with The Philadelphia Orchestra was in 1995, in a concert version of Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, under the baton of Charles Dutoit. Ms. Voigt will perform selections from the Great American Songbook in the Opening Night Concert, which will be held at the University of Pennsylvania’s historic Irvine Auditorium. The previously announced orchestral repertoire remains the same. Ms. Voigt appears by kind permission of The Metropolitan Opera.

Ms. Upshaw has regrettably withdrawn from the Opening Night performance due to a death in her family. For Ms. Voigt’s complete biography, please visit http://www.deborahvoigt.com/bio.html.

OPENING NIGHT CONCERT
October 13 at 7:00 PM – Thursday evening — Irvine Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania

The Philadelphia Orchestra
Charles Dutoit Conductor
Deborah Voigt Soprano

Tickets: $39-$149, 215.893.1999 or www.philorch.org.

e d’Arc au bûcher, under the baton of Charles Dutoit. Ms. Voigt will perform selections from the Great American Songbook in the Opening Night Concert, which will be held at the University of Pennsylvania’s historic Irvine Auditorium. The previously announced orchestral repertoire remains the same. Ms. Voigt appears by kind permission of The Metropolitan Opera.