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 ›
Jonathan Eaton
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 ›
“If I Loved You…” – Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s New Revue
In keeping with its long, distinguished and successful history of world premieres and making old music new again, Pittsburgh Festival Opera this summer is producing If I Loved You… – a revue featuring the best of Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s prolific… Read More ›
Music that Matters – A Gathering of Sons, Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s World Premiere
Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s 40th season will launch with an extraordinary opener as the company presents the world premiere of its commissioned jazz opera A Gathering of Sons. The world premiere is a new social justice opera composed by Dwayne Fulton… Read More ›
Memories of OTP’s “SummerFest” 2016
It’s all over now, and truth be told, I miss it already. The season was extended this year, but somehow seemed shorter than previous ones. This is easily explained by the fact that each summer’s offerings have managed to top… Read More ›