
Q & A: Pittsburgh Opera’s General Director Christopher Hahn On Company’s 80th Anniversary
https://operawire.com/q-a-pittsburgh-operas-general-director-christopher-hahn-on-companys-80th-anniversary/
It all began with five ladies who belonged to Pittsburgh’s Tuesday Musical Club: pianist Virginia C. Byerly; contralto Carolyn Hunt Mahaffey; Priscilla W. Collins; Ruby N. Wickersham; and Marie M. Pease. In 1939, 80 years ago this season, these Founding Five established The Pittsburgh Opera Society, which would become the seventh-oldest opera company in the United States. The first production, {…}







