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Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Review: Pittsburgh Opera shortens a Mozart opera with mixed results by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“AfterWARds” shortens a full-length opera to about 80 minutes and transforms the story into a tale about refugees. It doesn’t really work.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:18PM

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Breakdancing to Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker': A new holiday tradition by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

This week “The Hip Hop Nutcracker” came to the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh for a two-night, high-energy celebration of the holiday spirit.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:02PM

Monday, November 26, 2018

Pittsburgh Opera's next major commission is expected to debut next year by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Benazir Bhutto was the first woman to be elected prime minister of Pakistan in 1988. Pittsburgh Opera is developing an opera about her life.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AM

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Critic's notebook: Leslie Odom, Jr. with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

How did the different Pittsburgh musical groups measure up this weekend?

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:05PM

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Renee Fleming to headline PSO gala by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

One of opera’s greatest treasures speaks about the quality of contemporary film music and her recent melodies on the big screen.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:15AM

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Hill House concert is part of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's community building by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is seeking community voices to weigh in on how to best connect with local neighborhoods.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:51PM

Saturday, July 28, 2018

Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble places audience in headphones for a unique live concert experience by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

To close its 43rd season, PNME provided high-fidelity headphones to everyone in a packed theater on the South Side.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:37AM

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Monica Ellis comes back to the Hill with her bassoon by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The PSO is working to develop relationships with Pittsburgh communities and artists without coming off as patronizing.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AM

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Pittsburgh Festival Opera delivers uneven 'Arabella' by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh Festival Opera stages a rare Strauss opera each year. This year’s offering, “Arabella,” has an unfinished libretto. It shows.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:04PM

Sunday, April 22, 2018

Review: Pittsburgh Opera's 'Elixir of Love' proves entertaining but unrefined by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Among the zanier adaptations of the medieval romance story of Tristan and Isolde, Donizetti’s opera buffa (read: screwball opera) “L’elisir d’amore” (”The Elixir of Love”) is p…

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:16PM

Sunday, March 18, 2018

Review: Pittsburgh Opera pits man against nature in 'Moby-Dick' by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

An epic that pits a crew of richly outsized personalities against nature and the unknown, “Moby-Dick” provides ample mystic and drama for an operatic setting.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:06PM

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

First Night fronts Lee Fields & The Expressions to ring in 2018 by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has announced soul and funk wizard Lee Fields & The Expressions as headliner for the Highmark First Night Pittsburgh’s New Year’s Eve Celebration.

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:30PM

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

A unique twist on Haydn's 'Creation' at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra this weekend by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Would you attend the symphony if it staged a production preaching creationism? Preaching evolution?

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:05PM

Friday, November 10, 2017

Vet Tix partners with Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Pittsburgh Opera to provide free tickets to veterans by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Veterans Day only comes once a year, but we like to think of every day as Veterans Day,” said Al Maag, chief marketing officer of the Veteran Tickets Foundation, which has distributed m…

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:24PM

Sunday, October 1, 2017