Opera Theater of Pittsburgh Launches SummerFest, 6/29-7/15
by Alexandra Strycula
- Jun 18, 2012
For its next act, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh reinvents itself in its 35th year with SummerFest, a three-week celebration of the performing and visual arts for all ages. This new regional summer music festival fills three weeks with opera sung in English, concerts, recitals, cabaret, visual arts, and the SummerFest Fringe, June 29 - July 15, 2012. The festival takes place in the intimate theaters of The Hillman Center for Performing Arts on the idyllic grounds of Shady Side Academy, just 10 miles from downtown Pittsburgh. SummerFest invites everyone who loves music and theater to step into some of opera's most beloved works, to experience a suite of witty world premiere music dramas, to discover seldom-performed Mozart masterpieces, and to enjoy an array of free outdoor performances and events.
Photo Flash: Jim Caruso's CAST PARTY Visits Sewickley
by Nicole Rosky
- May 3, 2011
On Wednesday, April 20, Jim Caruso's Cast Party, the wildly popular New York Open Mic Night that occurs at Birdland every week, made it's debut in Pittsburgh at Sewickley Academy. Host Caruso, along with musical director Billy Stritch, oversaw an evening of impromptu performances by some of the top theater and jazz performers in the Pittsburgh area.
Pittsburgh Opera Presents THE GRAPES OF WRATH Starting 11/18
by Reynard Loki
- Nov 4, 2008
Pittsburgh Opera recently announced the world premiere of the revised version of 'The Grapes of Wrath,' a new opera based on John Steinbeck's novel, by Ricky Ian Gordon and Michael Korie. Taking place at the Benedum Center for the Peforming Arts, 'The Grapes of Wrath' will be performed on Saturday, November 15 at 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 18 at 7:00 p.m., Friday, November 21 at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, November 23 at 2:00 p.m..
