Tuesday, April 4, 2023
The play sounds a bit like a cross between a murder mystery, an art installation and a reality TV show.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:30AMTuesday, March 28, 2023
It’s a bit like if Shakespeare drafted a mistaken identity plot and threw in some infanticide on a ghastly whim.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSaturday, March 18, 2023
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Even the classical fans that still attend concerts can’t easily articulate why they like a Beethoven symphony.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMTuesday, March 14, 2023
This week, Murray appears with the Pittsburgh Symphony in Mozart’s “Requiem,” his final — unfinished — composition.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMWednesday, March 8, 2023
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Attack Theatre’s next show is “Behind Ourself Concealed,” which features contemporary dance set to a variety of jazz, folk and world music.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMThe opera on Wednesday announced its lineup for the 2023-24 season which includes “The Barber of Seville” and other favorites.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMSunday, February 19, 2023
A proposed increase in visa application fees could threaten a core practice of American arts organizations.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMThursday, February 9, 2023
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s next season includes a regular blend of story ballets and mixed repertory programs.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:43PMTuesday, February 7, 2023
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s “Dracula” premieres Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Benedum Center, Downtown, and continues through Sunday.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMThursday, January 26, 2023
The Mendelssohn Choir is also latest in a string of Pittsburgh arts organizations to announce a change in leadership.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMWednesday, January 18, 2023
Fresh from a productive stint in Fort Worth, Tex., Adam McKinney, 46, will take over as the company’s new artistic director on March 15.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:00PMTuesday, January 17, 2023
Ariodante is an opera set in Scotland about a betrothed princess who is falsely accused of sleeping with an enemy suitor.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMFriday, December 30, 2022
In a professional orchestra, playing first chair can mean earning tens of thousands of dollars of additional compensation.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMMonday, December 19, 2022
Subscriptions have been declining since long before COVID, as attendees’ buying habits have shifted toward more spontaneous nights out.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMThursday, November 10, 2022
Most students who study at music conservatories won’t wind up performing music professionally. Why study music, then?
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMWednesday, November 9, 2022
Pittsburgh Opera’s charismatic and excellent production of “Figaro” runs at the Benedum Center through Sunday.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:53PMThursday, November 3, 2022
Pittsburgh Opera is indeed staging Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro” from Nov. 5-12 at the Benedum Center.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMSunday, October 9, 2022
The artistry of the singers and musicians popped against sets that paired rustic and modernist elements.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:08PMWednesday, October 5, 2022
Quantum Theatre has a budget of about $1 million, and its new production of “Idaspe” will cost about half a million. It’s a risk.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:04AMWednesday, September 21, 2022
This ain’t no Disney story. In the Czech variant of the tale, things go bump in the night, set to fluid melodies by the composer Dvorak.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:26PMThursday, August 18, 2022
Anyone who’s spent time in Pittsburgh knows that the arts scene punches above its weight. GPAC is part of the reason.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMSunday, August 14, 2022
In addition to musical ability, people skills and leadership skills are perhaps the most essential qualifiers for a conductor.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMThursday, July 7, 2022
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Pittsburgh Festival Opera, the smaller of the city’s two opera companies, isn’t putting on any full operas this year.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:47PMThursday, June 23, 2022
Pittsburgh Festival Opera, the smaller of the city’s two opera companies, isn’t putting on any full operas this year.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMFriday, May 6, 2022
Pittsburgh Opera will post its acclaimed production “In a Grove” for free on YouTube on May 15th.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:00AMMonday, April 25, 2022
The opera wades into one of America's most sensitive current topics and engages an a primarily emotional level. I didn't find it compelling.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:05PM 
