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 ›
Antony Walker
Pittsburgh Opera’s “Florencia en el Amazonas” Premiere a Full-Steam-Ahead Success
Florencia en el Amazonas was performed Saturday night for the first time by Pittsburgh Opera, and the audience on hand at the Benedum was treated to a production that was brilliant to the ear and eye alike. The opera is… 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 Opera’s “Don Giovanni” a Dazzling Opening Night Delight
A large crowd at the Benedum last night got an equally large bang for its buck in a highly entertaining performance of Mozart’s perennial Don Giovanni – this time dressed in Krystine McIntyre’s snappy “film noir” production that… 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 ›
Pittsburgh Opera’s “Hansel & Gretel” Opens to Large and Enthusiastic Audience
Before the curtain went up on Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel last night, Christopher Hahn, General Director of Pittsburgh Opera, walked to a corner of the stage and with dignified solemnity announced that the orchestra would play the famous “Chorus… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Opera’s Ashley Fabian on Upcoming Production of “Hansel & Gretel”
Soprano Ashley Fabian, the second-year Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist, will be one of the promising features in the company’s upcoming production of Hansel & Gretel, German composer Engelbert Humperdinck’s musical treatment of the beloved fairy tale, first heard at the… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Opera’s 80th Season Begins With a Truly Grand “Madama Butterfly”
Pittsburgh Opera launched its 80th season last night in truly grand style, with probably the best staged and sung performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly seen and heard in decades of “Butterflies,” and a large and exceptionally enthusiastic audience unleashed a… Read More ›
Laurel Semerdjian Returning to Pittsburgh Opera in “Madama Butterfly”
Pittsburgh Opera will launch its 2018-‘19 season (the company’s 80th) on Saturday evening, October 6, with the first of four performances of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. This perennial favorite, directed by Linda Brovsky, will mark the return of Antony Walker to… Read More ›
Salome
Richard Strauss’ colossal Salome was the second of Pittsburgh Opera’s offerings last night, and an immense audience rose in a roar when the curtain dropped at the conclusion of the one-act German masterpiece. Major road closures and detours couldn’t stop… Read More ›