EUTHANIZED. ANOTHER DOG IN THE HOME WAS TAKEN TO A SHELTER. OPERA IS A LIVING, BREATHING ART FORM THAT I THINK HAS THE MOST PROFOUND EFFECT ON EMOTIONS. A BRAND NEW OPERA PREMIERES IN PITTSBURGH THIS ...

THE PITTSBURGH OPERA, THE INCOMING GENERAL DIRECTOR ENCOURAGES YOU TO GIVE IT A TRY. IF YOU’RE A LONGTIME FAN OUT THERE, HE SAYS, THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT. DURING OUR VISIT TO PITTSBURGH OPERA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pittsburgh Opera announced its schedule for the 2026-27 season. The 88th season will include five operas, which will be performed ...

In 1943, the National Negro Opera Company is set to perform on a floating barge to evade racially-segregated venues. But when bad weather threatens—pushing the performance to a segregated performance ...

Outgoing Pittsburgh Opera general director Christopher Hahn discusses his long tenure and its concluding production, Verdi's "Falstaff." ...

From Pittonkatonk to WYEP's Summer Music Festival to the Three Rivers Arts Festival and much more, here's what's happening this summer.

Were it not for a simple twist of fate, Eric Taylor might be reconstructing jaws instead of belting arias. The 30-year-old Utah native had long had his sights set on being an oral maxillofacial ...

Pittsburgh Opera’s “Iphigénie en Tauride” takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Pittsburgh CAPA Theater, Downtown. The story is based on Euripides’ Greek Trojan War-era drama ...

Pittsburgh Opera’s performance of “Falstaff” kicks off this week.

Pittsburgh Opera has announced the hiring of William Powers as its new General Director, effective July 1, 2026. He succeeds Christopher Hahn, who has served as Pittsburgh Opera's General Director ...

This is WESA Arts, a weekly newsletter by Bill O'Driscoll providing in-depth reporting about the Pittsburgh area art scene. Sign up here to get it every Wednesday afternoon. Traditionally, performing ...

When it comes to being inspired to pursue a career as a singer, Matthew Soibelman owes more of a debt to Sammy Davis Jr. than Placido Domingo. Growing up in California and possessing a cavernously ...