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 ›
Terrence Chin-Loy
Jean-Luc Tingaud on Pittsburgh Opera’s Upcoming “La bohème”
Audiences worldwide have flocked to Puccini’s perennial favorite since the 1890s, making it a safe bet that the days of writing anything new about La bohème expired decades ago. So it’s interesting to look back on what writers had… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Opera’s Premiere of “Glory Denied”
Pittsburgh Opera gave the first local performance of Tom Cipullo’s Glory Denied last evening, and about as many people as could fit into the company’s George R. White Studio were taken on a fast-paced and gut-wrenchingly taunt roller coaster ride… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Opera’s Resident Artist Caitlin Gotimer on Upcoming Production of “Glory Denied”
For its second and last Resident Artist production of the winter, Pittsburgh Opera will present the local premiere of Tom Cipullo’s Glory Denied, beginning Saturday, February 23, at the company’s headquarters in the Strip District. The opera is based on… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Opera’s “afterWARds” Opens at the CAPA
Mozart was in the air last night at the CAPA Theater, when Pittsburgh Opera presented the first of four performances of afterWARds, the composer’s monumental Idomeneo, “re-imagined” by David Paul. The overly-large and cumbersome work is an opera of the… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Opera’s “afterWARds” – (Mozart’s “Idomeneo” Reimagined) – to Feature New Resident Artist Terrence Chin-Loy
Mozart’s colossal Idomeneo, first heard on January 29, 1781 in Munich, is an opera with a history of “re-visitations” stretching back to the days of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari and Richard Strauss. This Saturday night, January 26, Pittsburgh Opera will present the… Read More ›