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A world premiere with Broadway legend Patti LuPone On November 2, Isabel Bayrakdarian and Broadway superstar Patti LuPone will sing the world premiere of composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer’s one-act opera To Hell and Backwith the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. Based on the Greek myth of the rape of Persephone, Heggie and Scheer’s work is a modern tale of a young woman coming to terms with both an abusive marriage and her mother-in-law. To Hell and Back is the first commission for the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in its 25-year history. Conductor Nicholas McGegan will lead four performances of the opera in northern California, including stops in San Francisco and Berkeley.
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