A Coffin in Egypt

Celebrated mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade makes her Opera Philadelphia debut as 90-year-old grand dame Myrtle Bledsoe, who has outlived her husband, her daughter, and virtually everyone else in Egypt, Texas. But in the last stage of her life, she cannot outlive the truth. Renowned for opera, art song, and musical theater, composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist/director Leonard Foglia create an absorbing opera from the play by Horton Foote, providing the perfect showcase for “one of America’s finest artists and singers” (The New York Times).