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 ›
Tyler Zimmerman
Antony Walker to Conduct Pittsburgh Opera’s “Alcina”
Next up at Pittsburgh Opera is George Frideric Handel’s Alcina – a baroque work that, while centuries old, is anything but “time honored.” The opera (“Alcheenah” to American speaking ears) was premiered at London’s Covent Garden in 1735, revived for… 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 ›
Director Kristine McIntyre’s “Film Noir” Take on a Mozart Classic to Open Pittsburgh Opera’s 81st Season
The curtain goes up on Pittsburgh Opera’s 81st season beginning next Saturday evening, October 12, with the first of four performances of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni. The production will be a “film noir” styled take, directed by Kristine… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Opera’s “Don Pasquale” a Clever, Campy, Comic Delight
For the final work of its 80th season, Pittsburgh Opera is presenting Chuck Hudson’s novel “Hollywood” spin on Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, and its first performance last night delighted a surprisingly slim audience at the Benedum in an evening of song… Read More ›
Pittsburgh Opera to Wrap 80th Season with a Hollywood Take on “Don Pasquale”
For the last offering of a season that seems to have just begun, Pittsburgh Opera will present Donizetti’s melodious and comic Don Pasquale – an 1834 opera buffa with a 1950’s Hollywood spin – beginning Saturday evening, April 27. The… 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 ›
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 ›