Pittsburgh Festival Opera is wrapping its summer season with Scandals and Schicchi, and its premiere last evening was received enthusiastically by a pleased and cheering crowd. It’s important to first note that only a single repetition will be given, Sunday… Read More ›
Falk Auditorium
Pittsburgh Festival Opera Presents Richard Wagner’s “The Valkyrie”
The first performance of Wagner’s epic The Valkyrie was given last night by Pittsburgh Festival Opera in the Falk Auditorium at Winchester Thurston – an abbreviated, spliced version that stirred a great deal of animated conversation during the intermission…. Read More ›
Pittsburgh Festival Opera Opens 2019 Season With a Dazzling Performance of Strauss’ “The Love of Danae”
The Love of Danae (Die Liebe der Danae), an opera in three acts from the later years of Richard Strauss’ long and illustrious career, was presented last night as the opening performance of Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s 2019 offerings. As mentioned… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s 2019 Season is Coming Soon
Pittsburgh Festival Opera, our local “Intimate Opera Theater,” has added much to the summers’ musical offerings for some years now, and the ambitious company’s new season begins Friday, July 12, with a “concert” performance of Richard Strauss’ The Love… Read More ›
Arabella – Pittsburgh Festival Opera
Pittsburgh Festival Opera presented the local premiere of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Arabella Friday night, in the company’s ongoing commitment to give performances of the lesser known works of this great composer. They are consistently successful in their endeavor,… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Festival Opera – Richard Wagner’s “Rhinegold”
It was with slight trepidation that a hardcore devotee of Richard Wagner sat down last night and waited for the first performance of Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s version of his Rhinegold (Das Rheingold) to begin. The most majestic orchestral passage in… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Festival Opera Off to a Fun Start with “La Bohème Warhola”
If one were to compile a list of five operatic warhorses most likely to survive a make-over, Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème would easily place, if not take the number one spot. Pittsburgh Festival Opera proved the work can be effectively… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s 2018 Season Kicks Off July 6th
The local “Intimate Opera Theater,” Pittsburgh Festival Opera, will begin its summer offerings the evening of Friday, July 6, at the Falk Auditorium of Winchester Thurston in Shadyside. For three weeks, the company will offer an eclectic assortment of staged… Read More ›
Intermezzo
Pittsburgh Festival Opera continues to make good on its promise of producing Richard Strauss rarities, and for the fourth consecutive summer has revived one of the composer’s lesser known works. The company last year set the bar as high as… Read More ›
Xerxes
Pittsburgh Festival Opera gave the first of three performances of Händel’s Xerxes last night, and it was a delightfully rare opportunity to hear this seldom performed “Baroque” music. The work premiered in London in 1738, and flopped after a handful… Read More ›