EPISODE · Dec 17, 2021 · 41 MIN
The Academy of Music
from Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia · host Peter Schmitz, Christopher Mark Colucci
What was Philadelphia to do, in an age when theater audiences were Running Riot? Why, of course! . . build them an Academy, and fill it with Grand Opera.The early history of the most famous and most beautiful surviving 19th Century theaters in Philadelphia.See the Blog Post for this Episode on our website: https://www.aithpodcast.com/blog/the-broad-street-opera-house-blog-post-and-bibliography-for-episode-22/The previous blog post entitle "The Riot Act," which we mention during this episode, is here: https://www.aithpodcast.com/blog/the-riot-act/Support the show"Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia" the BOOK can be ordered from independent bookstores and at all online book retailers now! For a link, go to our website: www.aithpodcast.comOur email address is [email protected] us on social media:Bluesky: @aithpodcast.bsky.socialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/AITHpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/aithpodcast/ Support our work and get BONUS EPISODES on Patreon! GO HERE© Podcast text copyright, Peter Schmitz. All rights reserved.℗ All original voice recordings copyright Peter Schmitz.℗ All original music copyright Christopher Mark Colucci. Used by permission.
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What was Philadelphia to do, in an age when theater audiences were Running Riot? Why, of course! . . build them an Academy, and fill it with Grand Opera. The early history of the most famous and most beautiful surviving 19th Century theaters in Philadelphia. See the Blog Post for this Episode on our website: https://www.aithpodcast.com/blog/the-broad-street-opera-house-blog-post-and-bibliography-for-episode-22/ The previous blog post entitle "The Riot Act," which we mention during th...
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