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NEW DATE ALERT: Free concert this Friday!

 

NEW DATE:
Friday, September 25th
Three great arts organizations. One stage. New date!

We are postponing A Landing Ovation until Friday due to inclement weather. Now on Friday, September 25 at 6:00 PM, three Pittsburgh arts organizations are joining together for a free 90-minute season preview at Arts Landing.

Enjoy performances from Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and Confluence Theater of Pittsburgh, in partnership with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, plus live music from the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra, conducted by Pittsburgh Opera Music Director Antony Walker.

Register in advance for a chance to win a ticket prize pack to Fall 2026 performances:

A Landing Ovation is generously presented by the Richard King Mellon Foundation with special funding from The Charity Randall Foundation in honor of Charity Randall. The presenting partners are supported in part by the taxpayers of Allegheny County through a public grant from the Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD). We thank them for their support.
RIGOLETTO
Benedum Center
October 10, 16, &18

Join us at the Benedum Center for our first opera of the season, Rigoletto, from October 10th-18th.

The medieval court jester Rigoletto must save his daughter from the clutches of his employer, the lecherous, womanizing Duke. Will Rigoletto have the last laugh, or will he be the punchline?

All our current Resident Artists singers will be gracing the stage in Verdi's classic tale of comeuppance! Plus, see the return of Resident Artist alums Daniel O’Hearn (Duke of Mantua) and Maire Therese Carmack (Maddalena) to Pittsburgh Opera and the Benedum Center once again.





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