With festivals and tastings, opera companies seek ways to retain audience interest
When Eva Tierno entered the medieval cloister at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, with columns dotting the perimeter around a large, ornate fountain, she wasn’t sure what to expect from her first experience at the opera.
“I found it surprising how close you were, how really in the middle of it all you were," says Ms. Tierno, a Philadelphia resident who works for the William Penn Charter School. "My expectations were really traditional, and it took me by surprise.”
The performance Tierno
