The Pittsburgh Festival Opera entered the last weekend of the 2022 season with the first of this season’s two Leslie Fleischner Young Artist Program Showcase Concerts at the New Hazlett Theater on Friday Evening. PFO Artistic Director Marianne Cornetti opened the evening… Read More ›
The PFO returns with a 12 day-long festival with in-person performances, celebrating the legendary voices of today and tomorrow. “After two and a half years of a pandemic, I am excited to present our summer festival in person!” says Marianne… Read More ›
Originally debuting in 2020, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre launched Open Air to safely bring over 7,000 people together to enjoy live performances. This June, Open Air returns to a new location in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, along the beautiful shores of the Allegheny… Read More ›
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, PFO returns to in-person performances, celebrating the legendary voices of today and tomorrow. “After two and a half years of a pandemic, I am excited to present our summer festival in… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
The first performance of Wagner’s epic The Valkyrie was given last night by Pittsburgh Festival Opera in the Falk Auditorium at Winchester Thurston – an abbreviated, spliced version that stirred a great deal of animated conversation during the intermission…. Read More ›
The Love of Danae (Die Liebe der Danae), an opera in three acts from the later years of Richard Strauss’ long and illustrious career, was presented last night as the opening performance of Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s 2019 offerings. As mentioned… Read More ›
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 ›
A Letter from the Editor, Well, y’all, we’ve fought our way tooth and nail to the golden promise land of Summer. The Spring saw some phenomenal changes and growth for all of us at PGH in the Round–from new… Read More ›