Pittsburgh Opera will introduce a new functionality in the company’s mobile app during upcoming performances of Puccini’s “La Bohème” on Mar. 30 – Apr. 7, 2019 at the Benedum Center. The free mobile app, powered by InstantEncore, was launched back in 2016 in order to “provide patrons with easy access to information about the company’s productions, artists, and events,” according {…}
The Pittsburgh Opera announced its 2019-20 season this past week revealing a diverse repertoire that includes Baroque, Classical, Contemporary, Bel Canto and French works. The season will also include some of today’s rising stars and established singers in the industry. OperaWire had a chance to speak with the company’s General Director Christopher Hahn on the upcoming season and the process {…}
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, {…}