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 ›
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Review: Resonance Works – Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’
Company Is Closing 9th Season with a Fine Production of the Tuneful Classic By George B. Parous Resonance Works overcame a glitch or two last night, in the first of two performances of Giuseppe Verdi’s classic Rigoletto, and gave the… Read More ›
Resonance Works Capping 9th Season with ‘Rigoletto’
Re-imagined Setting of Verdi’s Classic Sure to be a Grand Finale By George B. Parous Resonance Works is closing its present season next weekend with an opera, and for anyone who has seen this company put on an opera, that’s… Read More ›
“Amahl”‘s Message Magnified by Resonance Works
A child’s eyes reflect wonder and faith sometimes blurred by adult perception. Likewise, some holiday classics deserve a new angle. Resonance Works Pittsburgh under Maria Sensi Sellner has performed annually since 2014 and now moves the beloved one-act opera into… Read More ›
Resonance Works Wraps Sixth Season with Music Born in the US
Bernstein. Copland. Galbraith. American Serenade, a musical feast of substantial American works, celebrates the sixth season of Resonance Works | Pittsburgh through masters of the past century and a world premiere by one of Pittsburgh’s own outstanding female composers. Heard… Read More ›
“St. John Passion” And The Passionate Journey of Resonance Works
There’s no other story like it. Betrayal, suffering, and death. Christ’s Passion is the dramatic finale of Jesus’ life on earth, retold in myriad ways. Whether one of… Read More ›
Spring Preview 2019
A Letter from the Editor, Friends, we have finally staggered our way through the unforgiving winter, plagued with days of 20 hours of darkness and a massively disappointing awards shows. Yet, while the winter was mercurial and bleak, Pittsburgh in… Read More ›
Artist Spotlight: Maria Sensi Sellner of Resonance Works
The vibrant programming of Resonance Works | Pittsburgh is conceived by a woman on the move, Maria Sensi Sellner. Characteristic of her rise as a leading American conductor, she was one of six international conductors chosen for the autumn 2018… Read More ›
A Joyous Sound
Effervescent, nostalgic, fresh and full of light, A Joyous Sound from Resonance Works | Pittsburgh is all that a delightful holiday gift should be. The company honors chorale traditions and stellar musicianship for this celebratory season midway through its sixth… Read More ›
Rusalka
Resonance Works gave the first of two performances of Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka last night, and a fair-sized audience heard the work, or most of it, for the first time in Pittsburgh, well over a century after its premiere. Clever stage… Read More ›