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Opera Delaware 302-658-8063
Box Office 302-442-7807 www.operade.org
4 South Poplar Street, Wilmington
Since its founding in 1945, Opera Delaware remains one of the most enduring and successful companies in the nation.
Recognized nationally for innovative education and outreach activi- ties, Opera Delaware enthusiastically introduces young students to
the splendor and beauty of opera.
The Playhouse on Rodney Square
302-888-0200
www.thegrandwilmington.org
818 North Market Street, Wilmington
The Playhouse on Rodney Square, formerly the DuPont Theatre, in Wilmington, presents national touring productions of Broadway shows and is the oldest continuously operating legitimate theatre in the country. Located in the luxurious Hotel du Pont, the brightest stars of stage and screen have lit the Wilmington.
Known to residents of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland as “Delaware’s Broadway Experience,” DuPont Theatre presents an outstanding six-show Broadway Series, and our acclaimed Children’s Series entertains and inspires more than 30,000 children per year.
Delaware Symphony Orchestra 302-656-7442
www.delawaresymphony.org
100 West 10th Street, Suite 1003, Wilmington
The Delaware Symphony Orchestra opens each season with an exciting Opening Night Concert, launches each New Year with a New Year’s Eve celebration concert, and continues with Classical Series, Chamber Series, and two Lollipop family con- certs, as well as many special event concerts throughout the season.
The Delaware Symphony Orchestra is devoted to bringing music to Delaware’s children. Each year more than 11,000 students are treated to performances and discounted concert tickets, as well as offering open dress rehearsals for high school and college students.
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Delaware Art Museum
866-232-3714 or 302-571-9590
www.delart.org
2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington
Founded in 1912, the Delaware Art Museum holds a world-renowned collection of more than 12,000 works focusing on American art and illustration from the 19th- to the 21st-century as well as the English Pre-Raphaelite movement of the mid-19th-century. It also features a nine acres Sculpture Park, the Helen Farr Sloan Library and Archives, studio art classes, the Thronson Café, and the Museum Store.
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Delaware Art Museum
Found, designed 1865; begun 1869 (unfinished) Dante Gabriel Rossetti