FELLOW TRAVELERS and More Set for Pittsburgh Opera 2025-26 Season

Pittsburgh Opera has revealed its 2025-26 season, the company's 87th. Pittsburgh Opera will be producing five operas, which will be performed across a total of four different venues-the Benedum Center, the Byham Theater, Pittsburgh Opera's headquarters the Bitz Opera Factory, and for the first time Calvary Episcopal Church. The different venues give audiences a chance to experience opera on both a grand and intimate scale.

La Bohème

• Music by Giacomo Puccini; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
• Benedum Center for the Performing Arts, downtown Pittsburgh
• October 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 2025

Fellow Travelers

• Music by Gregory Spears with a libretto by Greg Pierce, based on the novel by Thomas Mallon
• Byham Theater, downtown Pittsburgh
• November 14, 15, 16, 2025

Curlew River

• Music by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto by William Plomer
• Calvary Episcopal Church, Shadyside
• January 24, 27, 30, February 1, 2026

Time to Act - World Premiere!

• Music by Laura Kaminsky with a libretto by Crystal Manich
• Bitz Opera Factory, in Pittsburgh's Strip District
• February 28, March 3, 6, 8, 2026

Falstaff

• Music by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto adapted by Arrigo Boito from the play The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, by William Shakespeare
• Benedum Center for the Performing Arts
• April 28, 30, May 1, 3, 2026

Special Events:

• Bravo Academy (summer camp for ages 11-15)
  • Week 1: Monday, July 7, 2025 - Friday, July 11, 2025
  • Week 2: Monday, July 14, 2025 - Friday, July 18, 2025
• 70th Annual Diamond Horseshoe Celebration - Saturday, October 11, 2025
• Fashion Show - Monday, March 23, 2026
• Maecenas XLI - Saturday, May 16, 2026

Free, Low Cost, and Other Events:

• FREE Pre-Opera Talks- one hour before each performance
• FREE Meet The Artists - following each Tuesday evening performance unless otherwise indicated
• FREE Rising Stars concert - Sept. 28, 2025 at the Bitz Opera Factory
• FREE Song Shop concerts - selected Saturdays during the season at the Bitz Opera Factory
• FRIENDS of Pittsburgh Opera events
• Pittsburgh Opera New Guard events
• WQED previews and broadcasts

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