“Baroque” Rarity is Being Presented With Powerful Vocal Cast in Effective Staging By George B. Parous Pittsburgh Opera gave the second performance of Joseph Hadyn’s Armida last evening, at the CAPA auditorium, and it was an outstanding example of the… Read More ›
Company Will Mount New Production With Lauryn Davis Singing the Title Role This Saturday, January 25, at the CAPA Theater, Pittsburgh Opera will present the first local performance of Joseph Haydn’s best known work, Armida. Even the composer considered it… Read More ›
86th Season Slightly Curtailed But Attractive Pittsburgh Opera today announced the lineup for their upcoming 2024-25 season, one that differs in some respects from recent offerings, but one that includes four tried and trues – one of which is a… Read More ›
Two More Performances of Classic Rarity Remain to Be Given at the CAPA By GEORGE B. PAROUS Pittsburgh Opera is currently giving its production of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride, a work first heard at the Paris Opéra on… Read More ›
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 ›
