Sunday, March 17, 2024
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…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 04:08PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 14, 2024
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 …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 10:34PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 2, 2024
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 …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:31AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 20, 2024
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 …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 03:29PM[SHARE]Monday, February 19, 2024
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…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 07:35PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 18, 2024
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 …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:09AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 11, 2024
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 …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 01:48PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 3, 2024
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.” …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 03:08PM[SHARE]Monday, January 29, 2024
“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…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 10:20PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 24, 2024
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 …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 10:50PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 12, 2023
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…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 01:02PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 10:42AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 4, 2023
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 +…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 06:28PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 28, 2023
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 …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 03:15PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 15, 2023
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…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 02:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 7, 2023
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…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 01:18PM[SHARE]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…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 10:54AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 30, 2023
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…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 03:42PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 24, 2023
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…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 09:10PM[SHARE]Friday, September 22, 2023
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…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:51AM[SHARE]Friday, July 28, 2023
Brilliant Finale to ‘Summer Shorts’ Series Offered Splendid Program By GEORGE B. PAROUS The last of the three PSO @ THE O’REILLY SUMMER SHORTS concerts played to a large audience last …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 01:49PM[SHARE]Friday, July 21, 2023
Large Audience Fills Theater to Hear Jacob Joyce Conduct Orchestra in an Entertaining Program By GEORGE. B. PAROUS The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra gave the second of three “PSO @ The O…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 02:52PM[SHARE]Friday, July 14, 2023
Moon Doh Conducts a Midsummer Night’s Symphony By George B. Parous While Heinz Hall gets a summer facelift, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has moved across the street to the O’Reilly …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 09:58AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 11, 2023
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Dancers Make Ravel’s “Boléro” More Thrilling Than Usual By George B. Parous Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra gave one of their most memor…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:22AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 10, 2023
Brittany J. Green, ‘Composer of the Year,’ On-Hand Guest Artist By George B. Parous Kamratōn, the self-described “non-profit chamber music organization dedicated to women in new music…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:57AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 20, 2023
Pianist Alice Sara Ott the Bright Particular ‘Star’ in Springtime Sky in Grieg A Minor Concerto By George B. Parous Vibrant, romantic, shocking – the program of this weekend’s Pittsb…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 01:54PM[SHARE]Friday, May 19, 2023
Maria Sensi Sellner’s Orchestra and Powerhouse Vocalists Revisit Ensemble’s Initial Production with Magical Results By George B. Parous Resonance Works is capping its season finale with …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 10:53AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 14, 2023
Entire Cast & Bulk of Production Crew in Pittsburgh Opera Debuts, Deliver Powerful Drama Set to Riveting Music By George B. Parous First things first – try to get tickets to Pittsburgh…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 08:02AM[SHARE]Monday, May 8, 2023
Kirstin Chávez, Mezzo-Soprano, Speaks of the Production, Her Character and a Bit About Herself Once again, we’ve been lucky to receive a transcript of an interview between Chris Cox, Dire…
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 04:30PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 7, 2023
Stark Subject, a Disturbing Look at Internet Voyeurism in Our Digital Society By George B. Parous Denis & Katya is a chamber opera with a cast of two singers and two titular characters …
SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 11:35AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 29, 2023
Outstanding Performance of Colossal Choral Work By GEORGE B. PAROUS Johannes Brahms said it best – “Study Bach. There you will find everything.” And in his Mass in B minor, Johann Seba…
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