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Song Shop this Saturday!

 

Our Resident Artists putting a palette of colors into their coloratura at February's Song Shop concert. (photo credit: David Bachman)


April Song Shop Concert
Saturday, April 4
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Bitz Opera Factory

This Saturday, get ready for some Falstaff, fan favorites, and fa-la-las... all for FREE!

Our Resident Artist singers are giving you a sneak peak of some of the music from our final opera of the season. Join us for a FREE one-hour concert featuring excerpts from Falstaff, plus a few bonus arias from your favorite operas guaranteed to make you merrier than the Wives of Windsor!

Then stay to meet and mingle after the show, with snacks and coffee provided by the FRIENDS of Pittsburgh Opera!
This program is generously sponsored by Dr. Verna Corey in memory of William Penn Snyder III.
Saddles, Smoke, & Songs

Saturday, April 11
5:00 PM

Ople Farms (Zelienople)

As part of our Outside the Salon event series, we bring you another exciting opera adventure...

Experience the thrill of live polo in the covered arena at Ople Farms while enjoying a captivating concert from Pittsburgh Opera’s Resident Artists and a rustic-elegant asado dinner grilled al fresco.

(photo credit: David Allen for Opera San Jose)
Falstaff
Join us for the final opera of our 2025-26 Season... and Christopher Hahn's final opera as General Director of Pittsburgh Opera! Verdi's Falstaff comes to Benedum Center from April 28th through May 3rd.

Beloved buffoon Sir John Falstaff has fallen on hard times. But being a ladies’ man (or so he’d like to think), he drunkenly schemes to cash in on his wit and charm by wooing the wealthy wives of Windsor, Alice Ford and Meg Page. However, when these women uncover that he has sent them both identical love letters, they hatch a plan of their own to teach Falstaff a lesson he won’t soon forget!

The music matches the merriment and mischief of this madcap romp. See why Verdi’s buoyant comedy, based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, is considered one of the best comedic operas of all time!

FREE childcare is available at our Sunday matinee performance! Or, let your child's school know about our Student Matinee opportunity on Thursday, April 30th.
Maecenas XLI:
Bon Voyage
Saturday, May 16
Carnegie Music Hall
4400 Forbes Avenue

On Saturday, May 16, we will gather for Maecenas XLI, an evening of music, dinner, dancing, and community. But this year is especially meaningful: we’ll be honoring Christopher Hahn, whose remarkable vision and leadership have shaped Pittsburgh Opera for over two decades.

This night will be more than a gala; it will be a heartfelt thank-you to Christopher for the artistry and imagination he has brought to our stage and city. We want you there with us to raise a glass in his honor!
 
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