
Pittsburgh Opera Joins Community in a Fall Arts Preview Performance
By Afton MarkayPittsburgh Opera is set to team up with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and the newly merged Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Public Theater, for a fall arts preview performance, titled “A Landing Ovation.”
The evening will feature performances from each organization. The cast of Pittsburgh Opera’s “Rigoletto” will perform scenes from the season opener. The opera company will also present a variety of opera and Broadway favorites. Singers are joined by the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra, conducted by Pittsburgh Opera Music Director Antony Walker.
Pittsburgh Opera’s General Director Bill Powers said in a press release, “We can’t wait to make our Arts Landing debut with our wonderful colleagues from Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and the newly combined Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Public Theater, and to thrill the community with a free concert of world-class entertainment al fresco. We are grateful to the Richard King Mellon Foundation for their very generous support and commitment of our civic and artistic impact in the community.”
The free concert will take place on Sept. 24 at Arts Landing, at 6 p.m.
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