Pittsburgh Festival Opera (PFO), formerly Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, is a professional American

opera company Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

based in

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...

's university and museum district. Pittsburgh Festival Opera performs at non-traditional venues around the city. Pittsburgh Festival Opera was established in 1978 by the noted opera star Mildred Miller Posvar and Helen Knox. In 2012, Pittsburgh Festival Opera reinvented itself as a summer festival presenting staged operas, musicals, recitals, and cabaret. PFO is currently under the leadership of Managing Director Roxy MtJoy and Artistic Director

Marianne Cornetti Marianne Cornetti (born 1962) is an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Early life Cornetti grew up in Cabot, Pennsylvania, a town north of Pittsburgh, to Irish mother and Italian father. Four generations of women in her maternal family had high mu ...

Activities

Artistic initiatives have included a Music that Matters series, exploring new work that tells socially relevant stories, a ''Fusion Festival'' of American-Asian works at the Andy Warhol Museum which included the world premiere of ''RedDust'', a multi-media opera by Mathew Rosenblum and ''The Sound of a Voice'' by Philip Glass and David Henry Hwang. Other projects have included the Pittsburgh ''Ring'', two complete cycles of Wagner's great operas in collaboration with Long Beach Opera using Jonathan Dove's orchestral reduction. Recent American operas include A Gathering of Sons, ''Just Above My Head'', a world premiere jazz opera by Pittsburgher Nathan Davis. Operatic versions of classics American plays have included Lee Hoiby's ''Summer and Smoke'', William Bolcom's ''A View From the Bridge'' and ''Regina'', an operatic version of ''The Little Foxes'' by Marc Blitzstein. In 2020, Pittsburgh Festival Opera premieres Virgula Divina by Karen Brown and Jessica Lanay. Aside from forays in the traditional repertory, PFO has sought to present a number of modern masterpieces which are not regularly included on standard programs: ''Lost in the Stars'', ''The Emperor of Atlantis'', ''Bluebeard's Castle'', ''Brundibar'', ''Der Jasager'', and the English language premiere of Weill's ''Die Bürgschaft''. Past productions also include a "Salon Series" devoted to shorter works performed in unusual spaces, such as Puccini's ''Gianni Schicchi'', performed in a church converted into an art gallery; Bizet's ''Djamileh'', presented in a Persian Carpet Emporium; Thomas Pasatieri's ''La Divina'', and Salieri's ''Prima la Musica, e Poi le Parole'', performed in Pittsburgh's own version of the Petit Trianon Palace.

The Mildred Miller International Voice Competition

Pittsburgh Festival Opera annually hosts the Mildred Miller International Voice Competition in honor of its founder, Mildred Miller Posvar. The event, held in Pittsburgh, is a search for America's best singers. Young professionals aged 18–35 are eligible to compete for cash prizes and solo roles in the company's summer Festival. Past competition winners include Juan José de Leon, Andrey Nemzer, Meghan Kasanders,

Alasdair Kent Alasdair Kent is a British-Australian operatic tenor, principally known for his interpretations of the Italian bel canto of Rossini and Bellini, and Mozart. In 2016, Richard Bonynge presented him with the Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Foundat ...

, Karen Chia-ling Ho, and Elizabeth Baldwin. PFO previously celebrated annually ''The Millie Awards''. The purpose was to reflect several diverse aspects of Mildred Miller's distinguished career - singing, acting, community service and education. The "Millies", as they are affectionately called, recognize and show appreciation for high accomplishments in the performing arts, honoring those individuals whose support has been instrumental in the success of Pittsburgh Festival Opera.

Community Engagement and Education

Pittsburgh Festival Opera's engagement with its community is of primary importance. Working directly with schools as well as in partnership with fellow non-profit organizations, PFO has taken opera to more than 500,000 school children in its 42 year history. In addition, it actively seeks opportunities to include students in productions, exceeding state standards for direct arts experiences and creating partnerships with the communities and the families for which it performs.

Record of Repertory

Festival 2018 - July 6–July 22, 2018 *''La Bohème Warhola'' by Giacomo Puccini *''Arabella'' by Richard Strauss *''Rhinegold'' by Richard Wagner *''Goldie B. Locks and the Three Singing Bears'' by John Davies/Wolfgang A. Mozart Festival 2017 - June 15–July 23, 2017 *''A Gathering of Sons (World Premiere)'' by Dwayne Fulton *''Intermezzo'' by Richard Strauss *''Xerxes (opera)'' by George F. Handel *''Sweeney Todd'' by Stephen Sondheim *''Hansel and Gretel'' by Engelbert Humperdinck Festival 2016 - July 7–24, 2016 *''Carmen the Gypsy'' by Georges Bizet *''The Silent Woman'' by Richard Strauss *''Julius Caesar (opera)'' by George F. Handel *''Kiss Me, Kate'' by Cole Porter *''Little Red Riding Hood'' by Seymour Barab Festival 2015 - July 10–August 2, 2015 *''

The Marriage of Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premie ...

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

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Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wag ...

*''A New Kind of Fallout'' by Gilda Lyons *''

Damn Yankees ''Damn Yankees'' is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during ...

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Richard Adler Richard Adler (August 3, 1921 – June 21, 2012) was an American lyricist, writer, composer and producer of several Broadway shows. Life and career Adler was born in New York City, the son of Elsa Adrienne (née Richard) and Clarence Adler. His ...

and Jerry Ross *''The True Story of the Three Little Pigs'' by Wallace DePue Festival 2014 - July 10–27, 2014 *''Marianne Cornetti in Concert'' *''

The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' (german: Die lustige Witwe, links=no ) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt t ...

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Franz Lehár Franz Lehár ( ; hu, Lehár Ferenc ; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is ''The Merry Widow'' (''Die lustige Witwe''). Life ...

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The Fantasticks ''The Fantasticks'' is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and book and lyrics by Tom Jones. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the 1894 play ''The Romancers'' (''Les Romanesques'') by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neigh ...

'' by Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt *'' Ariadne on Naxos'' by

*''The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County'' by

Lukas Foss Lukas Foss (August 15, 1922 – February 1, 2009) was a German-American composer, pianist, and conductor. Career Born Lukas Fuchs in Berlin, Germany in 1922, Foss was soon recognized as a child prodigy. He began piano and theory lessons with J ...

*''Happy Hour!'' by Roger Zahab Festival 2013 - July 6–21, 2013 *''

The Tales of Hoffmann ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died ...

- Retold'' by

Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach (, also , , ; 20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the Romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera '' ...

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A Little Night Music ''A Little Night Music'' is a Musical theatre, musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the 1955 Ingmar Bergman film ''Smiles of a Summer Night'', it involves the romantic lives of several couples. ...

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Stephen Sondheim Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March 22, 1930November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. One of the most important figures in twentieth-century musical theater, Sondheim is credited for having "reinvented the American musical" with sho ...

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Shining Brow ''Shining Brow'' is an English language opera by the American composer Daron Hagen, first performed by the Madison Opera in Madison, Wisconsin, April 21, 1993. The libretto is by Paul Muldoon, and is based on a treatment co-written with the compos ...

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Daron Hagen Daron Aric Hagen ( ; born November 4, 1961) is an American composer, writer, and filmmaker. Biography Early life Daron Hagen was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in New Berlin, a suburb west of Milwaukee. Hagen was the youngest of t ...

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La finta giardiniera ' ("The Pretend Garden-Girl"), K. 196, is an Italian-language opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart wrote it in Munich in January 1775 when he was 18 years old and it received its first performance on 13 January at the in Munich. There is deb ...

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*''Night Caps International'' by various composers Festival 2012 *''

The Magic Flute ''The Magic Flute'' (German: , ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a ''Singspiel'', a popular form during the time it was written that inclu ...

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, English translation by

Jeremy Sams Jeremy Sams (born 12 January 1957) is a British theatre director, writer, translator, orchestrator, musical director, film composer, and lyricist. Early life and education Sams is the son of the late Shakespearean scholar and musicologist Eric ...

- June 29, July 1, 8, 14, 2012 *''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

-The Gypsy'' by

Georges Bizet Georges Bizet (; 25 October 18383 June 1875) was a French composer of the Romantic music, Romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, ''Carmen'', whi ...

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Sheldon Harnick Sheldon Mayer Harnick (born April 30, 1924) is an American lyricist and songwriter best known for his collaborations with composer Jerry Bock on musicals such as ''Fiorello!'' and ''Fiddler on the Roof''. Early life Sheldon Mayer Harnick was bo ...

, musical adaption by

Jonathan Eaton Jonathan Eaton is a leading international economist, as of 2017 a distinguished professor at Pennsylvania State University. He graduated from Harvard College in 1972. He earned his M.A. in Economics from Yale University in 1973 and his Ph.D. from ...

and Robert Frankenberry - June 30, July 6, 12, 14, 2012 *''

Candide ( , ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled ''Candide: or, All for the Best'' (1759); ''Candide: or, The ...

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Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first America ...

- July 7, 13, 15, 2012 *''Night Caps'' libretto by Rob Handel, music by Alberto Garcia Demestres, Robert Frankenberry, Dwayne Fulton, Daron Aric Hagen, Gilda Lyons, Eric Moe, Roger Zahab - July 6–8, 12-15, 2012 2010-2011 *''Euridice and Orpheus'' by

Ricky Ian Gordon Ricky Ian Gordon (born May 15, 1956) is an American composer of art song, opera and musical theatre. Life Gordon was born in Oceanside, New York. He was raised by his mother, Eve, and father, Sam, and he grew up on Long Island with his three sist ...

- June 9–11, 2011 *''

The Gospel at Colonus ''The Gospel at Colonus'' is an African-American musical version of Sophocles's tragedy, ''Oedipus at Colonus. '' The show was created in 1983 by the experimental-theatre director Lee Breuer, one of the founders of the seminal American avant-garde ...

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Bob Telson Robert Eria Telson (born May 14, 1949) is an American composer, songwriter, and pianist best known for his work in musical theater and film, for which he has received Tony, Pulitzer, and Academy Award nominations. Biography Robert Eria Telson wa ...

- March 25–27, 2011 *''Orpheus ed Euridice'' by Christoph Gluck - November 5–7, 2010 2009-2010 *''Beautiful Dreamers'' by Martin Giles - April 15-May 1, 2010 *''Love Spell (L'incantesimo)'' by

Italo Montemezzi Italo Montemezzi (August 4, 1875 – May 15, 1952) was an Italian composer. He is best known for his opera ''L'amore dei tre re'' (''The Love of the Three Kings''), once part of the standard repertoire. It is now seldom performed. Biography M ...

- February 12–14, 2010 *''Beggar's Holiday'' by

Dale Wasserman Dale Wasserman (November 2, 1914 – December 21, 2008) was an American playwright, perhaps best known for his book for Man of La Mancha. Early life Dale Wasserman was born in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, the child of Russian immigrants Samuel W ...

- December 18–20, 2009 *'' Brundibar'' music by Hans Krasa, designed by

Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak (; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. He became most widely known for his book ''Where the Wild Things Are'', first published in 1963.Turan, Kenneth (October 16, 200 ...

- November 6–8, 2009 2008-2009 *''

Gianni Schicchi () is a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917–18. The libretto is based on an incident mentioned in Dante's ''Divine Comedy''. The work is the third and final part of Puccin ...

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Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini (Lucca, 22 December 1858Bruxelles, 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long li ...

- April 24–25, 2009 *''Prima la Musica, e Poi le Parole'' by

Antonio Salieri Antonio Salieri (18 August 17507 May 1825) was an Italian classical composer, conductor, and teacher. He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career as a subject of the Habsburg monarchy ...

- March 24–25, 2009 *''

Porgy and Bess ''Porgy and Bess'' () is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play '' Porgy'', itse ...

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George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...

- February 14–15, 2009 *''

Die Fledermaus ' (, ''The Flittermouse'' or ''The Bat'', sometimes called ''The Revenge of the Bat'') is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874. Background The original ...

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Johann Strauss Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (german: links=no, Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed ove ...

- December 27–28, 2008 *''La Divina'' by

Thomas Pasatieri Thomas Pasatieri (born October 20, 1945) is an American opera composer. Life and career Pasatieri was born in New York City, United States. He began composing at age 10 and, as a teenager, studied with Nadia Boulanger. He entered the Juilliard S ...

- November 2, 2008 *''Djamileh'' by

- October 3–4, 2008 2007-2008 *''

Lost in the Stars ''Lost in the Stars'' is a musical with book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson and music by Kurt Weill, based on the novel ''Cry, the Beloved Country'' (1948) by Alan Paton. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1949; it was the composer's last work ...

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Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fru ...

- February 12–14, 2008 *''

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, December 27–30, 2007 *''The Impresario'' by

, November 11, 2007 *''

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- September 25, 28-30, 2007 2006-2007 *Fusion Festival - ''The Sound of a Voice'' by

Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up fr ...

and ''Red Dust'' by Mathew Rosenblum - April 26–29, 2007 *''

Die Zauberflöte ''The Magic Flute'' (German: , ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a ''Singspiel'', a popular form during the time it was written that includ ...

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- collaboration with Pittsburgh Opera - March 24, 27, 30, and April 1, 2007 *''Carmen Jones'' by

and lyrics by

Oscar Hammerstein Oscar Hammerstein may refer to: *Oscar Hammerstein I (1846–1919), cigar manufacturer, opera impresario and theatre builder *Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) w ...

- November 17–18, 2006 *''

Amahl and the Night Visitors ''Amahl and the Night Visitors'' is an opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti with an original English libretto by the composer.Menotti, Gian-Carlo: ''Amahl and the Night Visitors (piano-vocal score)'', G. Schirmer, Inc., 1997. It was commission ...

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Gian Carlo Menotti Gian Carlo Menotti (, ; July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian composer, librettist, director, and playwright who is primarily known for his output of 25 operas. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept h ...

- December 14–17, 2006 2005-2006 *''The Ring Cycle (Rhinegold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried, Twilight of the Gods)'' by

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

- July 14–16 and 21-23, 2006 *''Noye's Fludde'' by

Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...

and'' The Jackleg Testament'' by Jay Bolotin - March 2–5, 2006 *''Amahl and the Night Visitors'' by

- December 14–18, 2005 2004-2005 *''The Ring Cycle (Rhinegold and The Valkyrie)'' by

with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - July 15–17, 2005 *''Amahl and the Night Visitors'' by

- December 8–12, 2004 *''The Soldier's Tale'' by

Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the ...

with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra- November 5–7, 2004 with Pittsburgh Symphony *''A View from the Bridge'' by

William Bolcom William Elden Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. He ...

, based on the play by

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), ''Death of a Salesman'' ( ...

- September 16–26, 2004 2003-2004 *''Summer and Smoke'' by

Lee Hoiby Lee Henry Hoiby (February 17, 1926 – March 28, 2011) was an American composer and classical pianist. Best known as a composer of operas and songs, he was a disciple of composer Gian Carlo Menotti. Like Menotti, his works championed lyricism at a ...

, based on a play by

Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the thre ...

- September 26 - October 5, 2003 *''Talking with Tennessee'' devised and directed by Jonathan Eaton - September 25 - October 5, 2003 *''Amahl and the Night Visitors'' by

- December 7–13, 2003 *''Jazzopera: Just Above My Head'' by Nathan Davis, based on the novel ''

Just Above My Head ''Just Above My Head'' is James Baldwin's sixth and last novel, first published in 1979. He wrote it in his house in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France. Plot introduction The novel tells the life story of a group of friends, from preaching in Harlem, ...

'' by

James Baldwin James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer. He garnered acclaim across various media, including essays, novels, plays, and poems. His first novel, '' Go Tell It on the Mountain'', was published in 1953; de ...

June 913, 2004 2002-2003 *''25th Anniversary Celebration'', Gala Concert of American Opera - April 27, 2003 *''Amahl and the Night Visitors'' by

- December 12–15, 2002 *''The Magic Flute'' by

- November 22–23, 2002 2001-2002 *''Bluebeard's Castle'' by

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...

- April 26 & 28, 2002 *''The Emperor of Atlantis'' by Viktor Ullman - April 6–7, 2002 *''Brundibar'' by

Hans Krása Hans Krása (30 November 1899 – 17 October 1944) was a Czech composer, murdered during the Holocaust at Auschwitz. He helped to organize cultural life in Theresienstadt concentration camp. Life Hans Krása was born in Prague, the son of Anna ...

- March 7, 2002 *''Amahl and the Night Visitors'' by

- December 13–16, 2001 2000-2001 *''Madrigals of Love and War'' by

Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered ...

- November 4–5, 2000 *''Hansel and Gretel'' by Engelbert Humperdinck *''Amahl and Night Visitors'' by

- December 14–17, 2000 *''The Cunning Vixen'' by Leon Janáček *''Limbus - a mechanical opera'' by Jay Bolotin - March 27–31, 2001 1999-2000 *''Die Bürgschaft (The Bond)'' by

- May 25–28, 2000 *''Songplay'' by

/Jonathan Eaton - April 26 - May 7, 2000 *''Weill We're At It ''by

- collaboration with River City Brass - April 22, 2000 *''Nogaku-za in Taniko (The Valley Rite)'' attributed Komparu Zenchiku - April 10, 2000 *''Der Jasager (The Consenter)'' by

- April 10, 2000 1998-1999 *''Susannah ''by

Carlisle Floyd Carlisle Sessions Floyd (June 11, 1926September 30, 2021) was an American composer primarily known for his operas. These stage works, for which he wrote the librettos, typically engage with themes from the American South, particularly the Post- ...

- March 27 & 29, 1998 *''Candide'' by

- April 16 & 18, 1999 1997-1998 *''The Magic Flute'' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – April, 1997 1996-1997 *''The Marriage of Figaro'' by

- April 16, 1997 *''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' by

Douglas Moore Douglas Stuart Moore (August 10, 1893 – July 25, 1969) was an American composer, songwriter, organist, pianist, conductor, educator, actor, and author. A composer who mainly wrote works with an American subject, his music is generally charact ...

1995-1996 *''The Bartered Bride'' by

Bedřich Smetana Bedřich Smetana ( , ; 2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his people's aspirations to a cultural and political "revival." He has been regarded i ...

- March 28 & 30, 1996 1994-1995 *''La Cendrillon'' by

Jules Massenet Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are '' Manon'' (1884) and ''Werther' ...

- May 18 & 20, 1995 *''Madama Butterfly'' by

- March 22 & 25, 1995 1993-1994 *''Julius Caesar in Egypt'' by

George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...

- March 3 & 5, 1994 1992-1993 *''Il barbiere di Siviglia'' by

Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards f ...

- April 15, 1993 1991-1992 *''The Crucible'' by Robert Ward - November 23, 1991 1990-1991 *''The Consul'' by

- May 19, 1991 *''The Abduction from the Seraglio'' by

- January 20, 1991 *''The Tender Land'' by

Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (, ; November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as "the Dean of American Com ...

- November 1990 1989-1990 *''Orpheus and Euridice'' by

Christoph Willibald Gluck Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the Holy Roman Empire, he g ...

- May 1 & 3, 1990 *''Regina'' by

Marc Blitzstein Marcus Samuel Blitzstein (March 2, 1905January 22, 1964), was an American composer, lyricist, and librettist. He won national attention in 1937 when his pro-union musical ''The Cradle Will Rock'', directed by Orson Welles, was shut down by the Wo ...

- January 18, 1990 *''Così fan tutte ''by

- November 19, 1989 *''The Marriage of Figaro'' by

- April 3, 1989 1988-1989 *''The Triumph of Honor'' by

Alessandro Scarlatti Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 22 October 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer, known especially for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the most important representative of the Neapolitan school of opera. ...

- January 22, 1989 *''Carmen'' by

- Summer 1989 *''Tartuffe'' by Kirke Meacham - November 20 & 22, 1998 1988 *''The Marriage of Figaro'' by

, August 27, 1988 at Hartwood Acres *''Carmen'' by

1987 *''Hansel and Gretel'' by Engelbert Humperdinck, May 2, 1987 1986 *''La Bohème'' by

1985 *''Hansel and Gretel ''by Engelbert Humperdinck *''Madama Butterfly ''by

1984 *''The Brute'' by

Lawrence Moss Lawrence Kenneth Moss (November 18, 1927 – June 24, 2022) was an Americans, American composer of contemporary classical music. He was born in Los Angeles. He held a B.A. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, an M.A. from the Eas ...

and ''A Full Moon in March'' by

John Harbison John Harris Harbison (born December 20, 1938) is an American composer, known for his symphonies, operas, and large choral works. Life John Harris Harbison was born on December 20, 1938, in Orange, New Jersey, to the historian Elmore Harris Harb ...

- May 24, 1984 1982 *''The Marriage of Figaro'' by

*''Hansel and Gretel'' by Engelbert Humperdinck, November 29, 1982 with

Pittsburgh Symphony The ''Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra'' (''PSO'') is an American orchestra based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The orchestra's home is Heinz Hall, located in Pittsburgh's Cultural District, Pittsburgh, Cultural District. History The Pittsburgh Sy ...

*''The Music Master'' by Giovanni Pergolesi, and ''Combatimento di Tancredi e Clorinda'' by

Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered ...

, July 12, 1982 1981 *''The Barber of Seville'' by

, November 14, 1981 with the Greenville Symphony (Touring Production) 1979 *''La Cenerentola'' by

(dress rehearsal), June 1978 1978 *''The Telephone'' by

and

La serva padrona ''La serva padrona'', or ''The Maid Turned Mistress'', is a 1733 intermezzo by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736) to a libretto by Gennaro Federico, after the play by Jacopo Angello Nelli. It is some 40 minutes long, in two parts without o ...

by Giovanni Pergolesi

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Opera Theater Of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania opera companies Musical groups established in 1978