A gifted soprano, quite pleased to be facing a live audience for the first time in well over a year, and an audience just as pleased to be there, made for an auspicious opening of the Pittsburgh Festival Opera… Read More ›
Mark Trawka
Pittsburgh Opera’s “Alcina” – Brilliantly Sung, Well Staged Production of Handel Rarity a Bewitching Treat
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 ›
Pittsburgh Opera’s “Don Giovanni” a Dazzling Opening Night Delight
A large crowd at the Benedum last night got an equally large bang for its buck in a highly entertaining performance of Mozart’s perennial Don Giovanni – this time dressed in Krystine McIntyre’s snappy “film noir” production that… 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 ›
Pittsburgh Opera Presents Puccini’s “La bohème”
A large and vivacious crowd filled most of the Benedum last night for the first performance of Pittsburgh Opera’s La bohème, and was treated to a production that dazzled in all particulars. Principal singers and chorus members alike, supported by… Read More ›