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David Devan will retire next spring as head of Opera Philadelphia<\/a> following 13 years as general director and has postponed one of this season\u2019s productions to balance the company\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n

In addition, music director Corrado Rovaris was given a three-year contract extension through 2026-27.<\/p>\n

Opera Philadelphia made the announcements Tuesday ahead of its 2023-24 opening night on Sept. 21, the pandemic-delayed world premiere of Rene Orth\u2019s “10 Days in a Madhouse.”<\/p>\n

Devan, who turned 60 in January, has been with the company since 2006 and headed it since 2011. His contract expires May 31 and he felt “the need to allow new leadership to come up with the answers.”<\/p>\n

“A bunch of 60-, 70-year-olds figuring out the future is probably not the most robust way of doing it as a leader,” he said in a telephone interview.<\/p>\n

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“The Anonymous Lover,” a 1780 work by Joseph Bologne who is believed to be the first Black classical composer, was postponed to 2024-25, resulting in $750,000 in savings. It was to have been a semi-staged production at the Academy of Music on Feb. 2 and 4.<\/p>\n

That decision will save $750,000 among $2 million in budget cuts that included a 16% personnel reduction. The 2023-24 budget will be $11.3 million, down from $11.9 million last season, when ticket sales totaled $1.57 million.<\/p>\n

The only stagings at the Academy of Music<\/a> this season will be four performances of Verdi\u2019s “Simon Boccanegra” from Sept. 22 to Oct. 1 and four performances of Puccini\u2019s “Madama Butterfly” from April 26 to May 5. The “Anonymous Lover” had been scheduled for Feb. 2 and 4.<\/p>\n

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“I think the hardest thing for everybody in the field is the fatigue from managing through COVID<\/a> is still present. And then you couple into it all the predictive stuff you used before doesn\u2019t work,” Devan said. “What we\u2019ve seen is definitely the people that used to come and buy a lot are not buying as much. They\u2019re being more selective. We do see older people opting out entirely and we\u2019ve also seen a surge of new customers.”<\/p>\n

Habits of the new customers are different.<\/p>\n

“That new audience isn\u2019t going to behave like their parents. They\u2019re not going to become subscribers,” Devan said. “So we have to figure out what the system is to deal with this customer change.”<\/p>\n

“10 Days” will have five performances through Sept. 30 at the 296-seat Wilma Theater in the opening of the company\u2019s O23 Festival. “Unholy Wars,” with music by Handel, Monteverdi and Mary Kouyoumdjian, has four performances at the 365-capacity Suzanne Roberts Theatre from Sept. 23-Oct. 1. There are also five September recitals at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Academy of Vocal Arts.<\/p>\n

Rovaris, 58, has been music director since 2005.<\/p>\n

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Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/head-opera-philadelphia-retire-next-spring-upcoming-production-postponed <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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