operaphila.org – On Tuesday, November 1, 2011, a trio of singers, Rebecca Siler from the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Alize Rozsnyai from The Curtis Institute of Music and Patricia Vigil from Temple University did more than just research at The Free Library of Philadelphia, startling guests with their rendition of the Queen of the Night aria, Der Hölle Rache, from Mozart’s The Magic Flute. The performance is one of 1000 Random Acts of Culture taking place nationally from 2012- next three years*, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Knight Foundation’s Random Acts of Culture bring artists out of the performance halls and into the streets and our everyday lives. For more videos and information, visit RandomActsofCulture.org. For more information on the Opera Company of Philadelphia, visit http
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Totally, I just cried with this video!
Brilliant but how funny that some of the people were pretending they were not there and kept reading.
Faith in Humanity……. Restored
The reaction shots themselves are worth the watch.
WOW! Who would have suspected such a beautiful and HUGE voice from such a little girl? Awesome! Thanks for brightening my day!
One of my favorites
The most beautiful aria ever written. Fantastic idea to sing in three voices. Thank you.
Not only did most of them smile, they all gave them applause when they were done. Some may have been annoyed, but i would hardly call it a waste. And the girl with the green headphones was obviously in on it….
que lindíssimo isso!
Brava, bravissima!
huge smile on my face.
great
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Black guy reading the newspapers expression is priceless lol
What kind of hat was that at 1:23?
Awesome!
ya think?
I’m pretty sure the girl was in on it…
Brilliant!
I love what Opera Company of Philly has done with their ‘random acts of culture’ in venues around Philadelphia. However, I think good opera singling was wasted on the patrons in the library. Most looked alarmed the girl with the green headphones was getting pounded on; others looked annoyed that they couldn’t study/research. And the library — acoustically wasn’t a good place.
I think the view meter is broken — I came back to this and it still had the same number of views listed as before I viewed it for the first time. What an amazing performance!
I can’t believe this doesn’t have more views
There was a tape recorder.
Where’s the orchestra?