175 stories by "George B Parous"
Dramady with Operatic Interludes Opens at the Byham By George B. Parous The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson, as is widely known by now, is a play rather than an opera. There certainly is pia…
The Mendelssohn Choir, Soloists and Two Commissioned World Premières Add to What May Be the Most Remarkable Concert of the Season By GEORGE B. PAROUS Routinely, Manfred Honeck and the Pitts…
“In 1943, the National Negro Opera Company is set to perform on a floating barge to evade racially-segregated venues,” the opera’s program notes tell us. “But when bad weather threat…
Powerful Program Thrills Audience and Scores Another Success for PSO By GEORGE B. PAROUS Everything was thrillingly perfect at Heinz Hall last evening. That about sums it up. But a few more …
Hilary Hahn Bright Particular Star in a Night Full of Them Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra continued its BNY Mellon Grand Classics series last evening with the first performance of a truly gra…
Singers, Orchestra, Chorus and Staging as Good as It Gets By GEORGE B. PAROUS It was a grand and large audience that heard and saw a spectacular performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata…
Leah Heater, mezzo-soprano, speaks of the opera and a bit of herself Recently, Chris Cox, Director of Marketing and Communications for Pittsburgh Opera, took time out of his hectic schedule …
Pablo Heras-Casado Conducts Dynamic Concert Fit for the City’s Musical Annals Record Books By GEORGE B PAROUS “I made up my mind that I will live my life only for the sake of music, and …
86th Season Slightly Curtailed But Attractive Pittsburgh Opera today announced the lineup for their upcoming 2024-25 season, one that differs in some respects from recent offerings, but one …
Baroque Orchestra’s “Violin Fantasy” a Mesmerizing Program of 17th Century Gems By George B. Parous A very large crowd packed into the Calvary Episcopal Church in Shadyside yesterday a…
By GEORGE B. PAROUS Last evening Pittsburgh Opera continued their season with the first night of Missy Mazzoli’s chamber opera, Proving Up. With a libretto by Royce Vavrek, adapted from a …
Resident Artist Tenor Speaks of Upcoming Production Next Saturday, February 17, 2024, marks the first production by Pittsburgh Opera of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s Proving Up, a work …
Enthusiastically Received at Trinity Cathedral Last Night; Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church for Sunday Matinee By George B. Parous “The Lamps may be different, but the Light is the same.” …
“Through the Wood, Laddie” – Music of Baroque Scotland and Acadia By George B. Parous Yesterday afternoon’s weather posed no hindrance for the very large crowd of music lovers that f…
Two More Performances of Classic Rarity Remain to Be Given at the CAPA By GEORGE B. PAROUS Pittsburgh Opera is currently giving its production of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Iphigénie en …
The Briney Sea Tale of ‘The Flying Dutchman’ Appears to Be All That Pittsburgh Audiences Will Hear of Richard Wagner; the Gloom of the ‘Dutchman’ For the First Time in Two Decades By…
Tenor to Make His Local Debut Singing ‘Erik’ in Upcoming “The Flying Dutchman” Performances Tenor Bryan Register, who will sing the role of Erik in Pittsburgh Opera’s production of…
Bomsori, Guest Violinist; Orchestra Give Powerful Performances By George B. Parous Heinz Hall resonated with beautiful music last evening, when the first of three performances of the Power +…
Rudolf Buchbinder & Orchestra Deliver Powerfully Brilliant Performance of First Set By George B. Parous The Program: Award-winning and world renown pianist Rudolf Buchbinder, along with …
Pittsburgh Opera Offers a Vivacious Production of Old Classic By GEORGE B. PAROUS Despite miserable weather and having a star baritone on the sick list, Pittsburgh Opera attracted a good-siz…
Baritone Johnathan McCullough to Make Company Debut as Figaro, Figaro, Fee-gah-roh When Pittsburgh Opera opens its 2023-2024 season on Saturday, October 14, at the Benedum, the opera perform…
Concertmaster David McCarroll Shines in Schumann Violin Concerto By GEORGE B. PAROUS Manfred Honeck, in fine spirits, conducted the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra through a program that thril…
Guest Soloist Hélène Grimaud Makes a Fine Display of New Steinway Grand By GEORGE B. PAROUS Last evening the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, under the whole-souled direction of Manfred Hone…
Renée Fleming is Guest Soloist of the “Now Is The Time Gala” By George B. Parous Despite the rain and the maze of scaffolding in front of the building, a mob found its way into Heinz Ha…
Daniel J Singer – Photo – Roger Mastroianni The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh (MCP) has announced the appointment of Daniel Singer as its new Robert Page Music Director. Having spent…
