Orlando Philharmonic will open fall season with outdoor concerts at soccer stadium

“With Steinmetz Hall not ready to open and the Bob Carr Theater closed indefinitely, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra will [perform] its Sept. 26 season-opening concert … outdoors at Exploria Stadium, home to Orlando’s professional soccer teams,” writes Matthew J. Palm in Friday’s (8/14) Orlando Sentinel (FL). “At Exploria Stadium, the musicians will play from a stage on the soccer pitch, while audience members sit on the stadium’s first level, in some suites and possibly into the second level of seating…. Attendance [at the 25,500-seat stadium] will be limited to 2,000 concertgoers…. The next two programs will take place at Calvary Orlando [Church] in Winter Park…. The Philharmonic is working to make concerts available online for season-ticket holders who cannot attend in person…. The Bob Carr Theater … the usual home for Philharmonic concerts, remains closed because its older air-handling system can’t be adapted for the latest COVID-19 precautions…. Smaller ‘Focus Series’ concerts will remain at The Plaza Live … and the Philharmonic will experiment with holding its Symphony Storytime program for children ages 3-7 outside at the venue…. Plans for the only pops concert scheduled for 2020—the annual ‘Home for the Holidays’ show—are still pending.”