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'Poppea' proves to be triumph for Pittsburgh Opera CenterPittsburgh Opera Center's weekend production of "The Coronation of Poppea" at the Byham Theater, Downtown, was a triumph for all concerned. Excellent musical performances and vivid staging brought to life an opera that is more than three centuries old and challenges contemporary notions of relevance and the way art is created. More... Opera Center shows new flair with old taleNero's Rome is corrupt and depraved in Monteverdi's "The Coronation of Poppea," but it proved the right setting to showcase the new Pittsburgh Opera Center. It's been more than a year since the new leadership of the Pittsburgh Opera retooled its training program for pre-professional singers. Last night at the Byham Theater, the Opera Center teamed up with Chatham Baroque and the Renaissance & Baroque Society to show how far it has come. More...
`La Tragedie de Carmen' shuns traditional treatmentIt was said of Michelangelo that he sculpted his statue of David by taking a block of marble and carving away everything that wasn't David. In a similar manner, The Pittsburgh Opera Center and Quantum Theatre have freed the passions of "Carmen" from the romanticism of the original opera. More...
Leap of SpaceWhen Karla Boos rhapsodizes about the "stunning, cavernous space"
where she'll direct the Pittsburgh Opera Center's production of La Tragedie
de Carmen, guess what's she's talking about. Benedum Center? Byham Theater?
Nope. Although either Cultural District space has seen its share of
opera in Pittsburgh.
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