Pittsburgh Opera — Attraction in Pittsburgh

Checked out a free Brown Bag Show at The now "Bitz Opera Factory", featuring the works of Federico Garcia Lorca. The space was intimately cozy! The Performers were all so Lovely & put on a Stellar experience! They are all highly talented!! Love that the Pittsburgh Opera/Cultural Trust does these smaller scale free events, so wonderful & informative. This show ignited My interested in a very ahHhmazing Artist I would have other wise perhaps never been aware of! If you are interested in Opera, Poetry, Similar Art forms, or simply expanding Your horizons & perhaps even learning a bit. I'd suggest checking out one these Brown bag Shows at least once! Very cool & its Free! If You have it to spare donations are welcomed... There will be one more show of this Brown Bag Series May Seventh it will be Kid Focused; games & things of that nature with a performance suited for the...

I've been going to performances for years. It is one of my highlights of the year. It's always a pleasure to watch your renditions of classic operas at the Benedum. I'm looking forward to next year's season already! There are four that I just can't miss. Great lineup. I'm a big fan of older operas performed in French, German, Russian, etc. However, they also have contemporary operas written in English. I attended one, The Rose Elf, at the headquarters, The Bitz Opera Factory. It was a smaller production with 3 singers. A much more...

Saw an excellent production of Jake Heggie's Moby Dick, reinforcing the importance of regional companies introducing modern works with set designs that can travel to other medium sized houses. Beautiful venue but the staff and audience were atrocious. I would think twice before seeing a production at the Benedum: audience members come and go, socialize, snore, take phone calls. Staff were more interested in finding an empty seat to watch the show rather than assist and...