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Academy of Music. On the Kimmel Cultural Campus, 240 South Broad Street. Philadelphia, PA 19102 USA. Tickets Phone: (215) 731-3333. Box Office Hours: Monday-Sunday: 10am-6pm. The Kimmel Cultural Campus is more than just the beloved glass domed Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.
The Academy of Music, also known as American Academy of Music, is a concert hall and opera house located at 240 S. Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Despite its name, the Academy has never contained a music school.
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The Academy of Music opened its doors in 1857 and has been showcasing some of the world's best artists and performers. Today the theater is widely used for a variety of performances from Broadway to comedians, musicians and orchestras.
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The oldest known opera house continuously in use in the U.S., the Academy of Music is home to Opera Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Ballet.
The Academy of Music schedule features a range of events, from Tony-award-winning touring Broadway shows like Frozen, Madame Butterfly, and Hamilton to the ever-popular Christmas Nutcracker shows. There are also many special events, such as comedy, rock, and speaking, with the Philadelphia Orchestra returning to play regularly.
In its long history, the Academy of Music has been host to a score of world-renowned conductors, composers, and performers, along with many notable operatic and classical premieres, including include Strauss’s “Ariadne auf Naxos”, Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” and Gounod’s “Faust”.
The Academy of Music was a New York City opera house, located on the northeast corner of East 14th Street and Irving Place in Manhattan. The 4,000-seat hall opened on October 2, 1854.
