As is customary once its current season is at the midway point, Pittsburgh Opera has made public details on the works to be presented during the next season – the company’s 82nd. The list shows that the company remains committed… Read More ›
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English Language Premiere of “The Mother of Fishes” to Benefit Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
On exceptionally rare occasions Pittsburgh hears the premiere of an opera. Operas in English translations are more common. But it’s a safe bet that the English language premiere of The Mother of Fishes at the CAPA Theater on February… Read More ›
Antony Walker to Conduct Pittsburgh Opera’s “Alcina”
Next up at Pittsburgh Opera is George Frideric Handel’s Alcina – a baroque work that, while centuries old, is anything but “time honored.” The opera (“Alcheenah” to American speaking ears) was premiered at London’s Covent Garden in 1735, revived for… Read More ›
2019 Round-Up!!
2019 was a preponderance of things: chaotic, joyous, concerning, impeaching, meteorologically unpredictable, mournful, hilarious, and so on. But in the sea of adjectives, expletives, and other descriptors for 2019, the one assessment that resounds most ecstatically, at least for Pittsburgh,… Read More ›
Upcoming: Attack Theatre’s “The Kitchen Sink
Identity, human connection (or disconnection), and growth are universal pieces of the human experience. In Attack Theatre’s upcoming show The Kitchen Sink, the audience will be taken on an exploration of these concepts led by a stunning collaboration of dance,… Read More ›
Bard’s Spouse Survives a Sea of Troubles and Legends in “Shakespeare’s Will” at Quantum
Shakespeare’s Will. Perhaps the two-word title of Quantum Theatre’s autumn 2019 production sums up what many people think they know about the playwright’s wife. That very document and what he specifically bequeathed to Anne Hathaway Shakespeare–“the second best bed with… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Opera’s Christopher Hahn on “Florencia en el Amazonas”
Saturday evening, November 9, will mark an important milestone in the long history of Pittsburgh Opera, when the curtain goes up on Florencia en el Amazonas, the first-ever Spanish-language opera to be produced by the company. With music by… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Classic Players Redefine Canon Again with “Romeo and Juliet”
This November, Pittsburgh Classic Players will tackle William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as the final show of their season of “Bad Romance.” This show will prove to be Pittsburgh Classic Players most ambitious production to date, with the hope of… Read More ›
Director Kristine McIntyre’s “Film Noir” Take on a Mozart Classic to Open Pittsburgh Opera’s 81st Season
The curtain goes up on Pittsburgh Opera’s 81st season beginning next Saturday evening, October 12, with the first of four performances of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni. The production will be a “film noir” styled take, directed by Kristine… Read More ›
MOMIX Returns to the Byham Stage
On Saturday, Spetember 21, MOMIX will return to the Byham Theater at 8pm with Viva MOMIX, a compilation of works. “They’re relatively short, each piece has a beginning a middle and an end, a musical curve kind of like a… Read More ›