The Pittsburgh Opera has announced its 2019-20 Resident Artists. This year the company picked mezzo-soprano Antonia Botti-Lodovico, soprano Caitlin Gotimer, baritone Yazid Gray, stage director Matthew Haney, tenor Angel Romero, soprano Natasha Wilson, and bass-baritone Tyler Zimmerman. This year, the artists were picked from a pool of more than 500 applicants around the world. The applicants will further their careers under the guidance of the opera {…}

Pittsburgh Opera has postponed an upcoming world premiere. According to the Pittsburgh Gazette, the company has postponed a new production of “Bhutto” — a dramatic treatment of the history of Pakistan’s Bhutto political dynasty. The work, which was set for November was postponed due to a lack of funding. The opera was first workshopped back in Nov. 2018, where the {…}

The Pittsburgh Opera and Carnegie Mellon University will present “Co-Opera” this April. In the program, which started back in 2015, the Pittsburgh Opera works with the CMU School of Music, School of Drama, and Master of Arts Management Program to create new works. The collaboration has taken place over a two-year span and will feature two performances on April 13 {…}