Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is proud to present Winter Wonders and Cool Carols: An Evening with Colin Aikins on Wed., Dec. 20, with performances at 6 and 8 p.m. Attendees will embrace the holiday spirit with a showcase of merry melodies as they stroll through the gleaming glasshouse decked out in holiday displays.
This one-night-only performance features Colin Aikins, a classically trained tenor currently studying vocal performance at the Juilliard School. As a native Pittsburgher, Colin Aikins is thrilled to return to his hometown to share his passion for music with Phipps, for the second year in a row, alongside a professional pianist.
Tickets include a 60-minute performance in Phipps’ Special Events Hall and Conservatory admission, so guests can explore Holiday Magic! Winter Flower Show and Light Garden. Guests can also stop by Café Phipps to purchase wine and refreshments after the show. Tickets to Winter Wonders and Cool Carols are $39.95 for adults and $24.95 for children. Phipps members can receive a 10 percent discount which will be sent via email.
For more information and to register, visit phipps.conservatory.org
Welcome to Fairyland - The Pittsburgh Savoyards Stage an Enchanting Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri
Peter Pan has one, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream has a slew and Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe, as staged by the Pittsburgh Savoyards, has at least ten - before I stopped counting. Fairies, that is. Just after the opening overture, performed by the 30-plus orchestra, possibly as best as I ever heard it under the baton of Guy Russo, a bevy of maiden fairies dressed in pastel gossamer fairy garb with wings, frolicked across the stage gleefully singing in full-voiced and stunning harmony ”Tripping hither, tripping thither.” There was little to no tripping, however, as they danced nimbly to the spirited song, then segued into expressing their discomfort at the loss of Iolanthe (Savannah Simeone), the one fairy who brought such happy song and spirit to their fairy circle. For such a blissful group there were some draconian laws that govern their behavior, namely, if one were to marry a mortal, they should be put to death. Alas, poor Iolanthe. Due t
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