Singers, Orchestra, Chorus and Staging as Good as It Gets By GEORGE B. PAROUS It was a grand and large audience that heard and saw a spectacular performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata last evening at the Benedum. The time-worn… Read More ›
La Traviata
Pittsburgh Opera’s ‘La Traviata’ Opens Saturday
Leah Heater, mezzo-soprano, speaks of the opera and a bit of herself Recently, Chris Cox, Director of Marketing and Communications for Pittsburgh Opera, took time out of his hectic schedule to interview, a former Resident Artist, Leah Heater, exclusively for… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Opera Announces Plans for 85th Season
Eclectic Mix of Old and New & Special Events February is the time of year when Pittsburgh Opera announces its plans for the upcoming season, and today is the day when they publish their official line-up. It’s early for complete… Read More ›
La Traviata
Pittsburgh Opera’s 78th season opened Saturday night with the first of four performances of Giuseppe Verdi’s perennial La Traviata. First performed in Venice in 1853, the opera today holds its own as probably the most popular and frequently produced lyric… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Opera’s 78th Season Opens October 8 with Verdi’s “La Traviata”
To open its 78th season, Pittsburgh Opera will present the first of four performances of Verdi’s tuneful warhorse, La Traviata, on October 8, at 8:00 p.m. at the Benedum. The work is well known locally, having opened the 2004 and… Read More ›