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Opera Philadelphia returns to live concerts with a curious double bill

Both the elegiac George Walker song cycle "Lilacs" and Stravinsky’s opera-oratorio "Oedipus Rex" are more known about than heard, but were given full-tilt resources with an orchestra of 93.

Bass-baritone Mark S. Doss (center) as Créon and the Messenger, with (left) William Burden as Oedipus and Ethan Burck as the Shepherd in Opera Philadelphia's production of Oedipus Rex Friday in Verizon Hall. Corrado Rovaris conducts.
Bass-baritone Mark S. Doss (center) as Créon and the Messenger, with (left) William Burden as Oedipus and Ethan Burck as the Shepherd in Opera Philadelphia's production of Oedipus Rex Friday in Verizon Hall. Corrado Rovaris conducts.Read moreDominic M. Mercier