By GUILHERME MELETTI YAZBEK The evening began before the curtain rose. In the darkened Benedum Center, only the orchestra pit was lit—and the reflected glow reached softly up to the theater’s ornate ceiling, as if the… Read More ›
Peter Volpe
Rare Taste of Wagner’s Early Success Staged by Pittsburgh Opera in Brilliant Performance
The Briney Sea Tale of ‘The Flying Dutchman’ Appears to Be All That Pittsburgh Audiences Will Hear of Richard Wagner; the Gloom of the ‘Dutchman’ For the First Time in Two Decades By George B. Parous Last evening, Pittsburgh Opera… Read More ›