By MARIA SCIULLO It’s hard to imagine a more delightful birthday celebration than Resonance Works‘ three-act operetta, Viardot’s Cinderella. Based on that well-known fairy tale about the put-upon young lady and her glass slipper, Friday night’s adaptation had Cinderella (Cendrillon, from the… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Performing Arts Nonprofit launches its second decade of genre-defying performances across the Pittsburgh region. Pictured: Resonance Works’ May 2023 production of Verdi’s Macbeth • Photo by Alisa Innocenti Resonance Works has announced its 2023-24 season, expanding for the first time into… Read More ›
Maria Sensi Sellner’s Orchestra and Powerhouse Vocalists Revisit Ensemble’s Initial Production with Magical Results By George B. Parous Resonance Works is capping its season finale with a dynamic and brilliant celebratory production of Giuseppe Verdi’s 1847 opera, Macbeth, the first… Read More ›
Resonance Works revisits Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth, which launched the company in 2013. The company brings to the stage a new essentialist production directed by Frances Rabalais, an alum of the Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist program, who partners with Resonance Works Artistic Director Maria… Read More ›
Outstanding Performance of Colossal Choral Work By GEORGE B. PAROUS Johannes Brahms said it best – “Study Bach. There you will find everything.” And in his Mass in B minor, Johann Sebastian Bach managed to add a little touch of… Read More ›
Maria Sensi Sellner Leads Ensemble Through a Splendid 10th Anniversary Program By George B. Parous Resonance Works gave a diverse and highly entertaining, celebratory concert last evening at the First United Methodist Church, Bloomfield, which will be repeated Sunday afternoon… Read More ›
Seasonal Offering Preceded by a Powerful Performance of ‘The Ballad of the Brown King’ By George B. Parous Amahl and the Night Visitors, the “children’s” opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti, with both music and libretto by the… Read More ›
Holiday Program Features Local Singers Victory Brinker and Anqwenique Kinsel Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 16-18, 2022 Resonance Works’ 2019 production of Amahl & the Night Visitors • Photo by Alisa Innocenti Resonance Works’ tenth anniversary season continues with an inspiring program… Read More ›
Resonance Works Opens 10th Season with Poignant Pittsburgh Premiere By George B. Parous Resonance Works launched a milestone 10th season last night, with the second staging of Jorge Sosa and Cerise Lim Jacobs’ I am a Dreamer Who No Longer… Read More ›
Powerful Contemporary Opera Centers American Immigrant Experience Friday and Sunday, October 14 and 16, 2022 Resonance Works’ tenth anniversary season opens with a poignant contemporary American opera this October. Celebrated creator Cerise Lim Jacobs and composer Jorge Sosa produced I… Read More ›