Howard Shore’s Brilliant Score Given Remarkable Interpretation Before Capacity Audience By GEORGE B PAROUS Live-to-film symphony concerts are a unique and exacting fusion of the cinematic …
Bronfman Plays Beethoven By GEORGE B. PAROUS As is usually the case during the remnants of a Friday evening rush hour, traffic conditions in the immediate vicinity of Heinz Hall yesterday we…
Dynamic Cast and Orchestra Wraps 12th Season With Another Win This Weekend By George B. Parous I had the pleasure last evening of being on hand at the Charity Randall Theater for the final, …
Season Closes with 1st Performances of Jennifer Higdon & Jerre Dye’s Take on a Real-life Art Heist, with three Alternate Endings By GEORGE B. PAROUS Saturday evening, the crowd that fi…
Season Finale Opens Saturday Under ‘Veil of Mystery‘ And it doesn’t matter which of the three endings we see and hear – we’ll never tell. But we can always count on Chris Cox, Dire…
Huge Crowd on Hand for First Night of “Virtual Reality” Take on Puccini Classic By George B. Parous Whether it was a love of Puccini’s music, curiosity about the new production, or bot…
Melanie Bacaling, Stage Director, Discusses Production Saturday evening, March 22, Pittsburgh Opera will give this season’s first performance of Puccini’s classic Madama Butterfly. In th…
Ensemble is Presenting a Powerfully Musical Weekend By George B. Parous As is always the case with a Resonance Works concert, a program well thought out and then some is being presented by t…
Company’s 87th Season Will Be an Eclectic Array of Works and Venues It’s never too early to plan operas on the horizon, and Pittsburgh Opera today announced its offerings for the 2025-26…
Simon’s “Four Black American Dances” Make A Powerful Impression By George B. Parous Valentine’s Day, the program, the guest soloist, the conductor, or any combination of the four bro…
“Baroque” Rarity is Being Presented With Powerful Vocal Cast in Effective Staging By George B. Parous Pittsburgh Opera gave the second performance of Joseph Hadyn’s Armida last evening…
Company Will Mount New Production With Lauryn Davis Singing the Title Role This Saturday, January 25, at the CAPA Theater, Pittsburgh Opera will present the first local performance of Joseph…
Program of Debussy, Sibelius, Prokofiev & Sigfúsdóttir Works Given in a Manner Recognized By Music Lovers as a Rare and Special Event By GEORGE B. PAROUS Classical music lovers know, d…
Classic Oratorio Receives an Outstanding Performance By George B. Parous The usual elements surrounding the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and a performance of George Frideric Handёl’s tim…
Somber Program for a Wintry Night By George B. Parous A program of curiously somber works, so close to the holiday season, was offered at Heinz Hall last evening, and for those braving the c…
Melodious, Family-Friendly Phantasmagoria Charms Large Audience By GEORGE B. PAROUS Resonance Works gave the first of two performances of Rachel Portman’s charming The Little Prince last e…
Grand Performances by Singers, Orchestra, Chorus, Acrobats and More By GEORGE B PAROUS A good-sized crowd was on hand at the Benedum last night, when Pittsburgh Opera gave the first performa…
An Interview with Caitlin Gotimer Who Returns as Nedda in Pagliacci Those who remember her dynamic performances as a Resident Artist with Pittsburgh Opera will be more than pleased to look f…
Conductor Christoph Eschenbach Returns to Lead an Attractive Program By George B. Parous Friday night Ray Chen, the “violinist and online personality,” returned to Pittsburgh and deliver…
Large Assemblage Applauds an Almost Exclusively George Friederic Handel Program By GEORGE B. PAROUS We have said before that Chatham Baroque consistently offers attractive programs, whether …
Outstanding Performance of Tried and True Standard by Giacomo Puccini Shows the Composer and Company at Their Best By GEORGE B. PAROUS Pittsburgh Opera opened their new season last night at …
New Resident Artist Speaks of Upcoming Season Opener – and Himself Saturday, October 5, 2024, marks the season opener of Pittsburgh Opera, with Puccini’s ever-popular, always exciting To…
Presents Debut of Its Reson8 Vocal Octet in Eclectic Program By GEORGE B. PAROUS Sunday afternoon at the Calvary Episcopal Church, Shadyside, marked the debut of a Resonance Works first – …
Ensemble’s Performance of Operatic Rarity May Be Their Best to Date By GEORGE B. PAROUS This weekend Resonance Works gave two performances of Gioachino Rossini’s romantic rarity, La donn…
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra End Season on a Remarkably High Note By GEORGE B. PAROUS The most important detail of the concert first: last night’s program will have…