A theatrical lighting truss will be installed in the chandelier's place for the coming concert season to provide light for the auditorium's parquet.
The Academy of Music, on Broad Street in center city Philadelphia, celebrates its sesquicentennial this year; it is the oldest opera house in the U.S. and the second oldest in the Americas. Now operated as part of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the Academy is the performance home of Opera Company of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Ballet; it hosts a number of touring musical theater productions each year as well. The Philadelphia Orchestra, which performed there for decades, returns once a year for a gala benefit concert.
