Soprano Emily Richter All But Steals the Show From a Stage Bursting With Talent By George B. Parous Pittsburgh Opera continued the roll it’s been on this season with the company’s premiere of George Frideric Handel’s classic Ariodante last evening…. Read More ›
Young Tenor Will Make 2nd Appearance of the Season in the Company’s Production of the Handёl Work By George B. Parous Next Saturday evening, January 21, Pittsburgh Opera will present the company premiere of Handёl’s Ariodante, a Baroque era opera… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
Pittsburgh Opera presented Handel’s Alcina for the first time in its history Saturday night, with a strong cast and Antony Walker conducting the orchestra – an excellent group of musicians exquisitely augmented by period instruments in the highly skilled hands… Read More ›
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 ›
Pittsburgh Opera, shortly after announcing that its Education and Outreach programs have earned the company a prestigious spot as a finalist in the 2019 International Opera Awards, has released details as to repertory and production information for its upcoming 2019-2020… Read More ›
Mozart was in the air last night at the CAPA Theater, when Pittsburgh Opera presented the first of four performances of afterWARds, the composer’s monumental Idomeneo, “re-imagined” by David Paul. The overly-large and cumbersome work is an opera of the… Read More ›
Mozart’s colossal Idomeneo, first heard on January 29, 1781 in Munich, is an opera with a history of “re-visitations” stretching back to the days of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari and Richard Strauss. This Saturday night, January 26, Pittsburgh Opera will present the… Read More ›
For its 2018-’19 season – the company’s 80th – Pittsburgh Opera will offer a variety of productions sure to meet with just about any music lover’s taste. The four Benedum Center stagings will be of tried and true classics, while… Read More ›