{"id":291953,"date":"2026-09-23T01:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T01:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/291953\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T01:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T01:52:14","slug":"free-concert-to-showcase-triad-of-pittsburgh-arts-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/291953\/","title":{"rendered":"Free concert to showcase triad of Pittsburgh arts organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 A free concert will showcase a triad of major Pittsburgh artists on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cA Landing Ovation\u201d will be held at the Dollar Bank Stage in Arts Landing on Wednesday at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Performers from Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and the newly merged Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Public Theater will have live music for 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The organizations are offering the following performances: <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Pittsburgh Opera<\/p>\n<p>Will perform selections from their season-opening show of <a href=\"https:\/\/opera.culturaldistrict.org\/production\/105760\/rigoletto\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/opera.culturaldistrict.org\/production\/105760\/rigoletto\">Rigoletto,<\/a> which opens on Oct. 10.Selections from other classic operatic favorites, including The Barber of Seville, Carmen, La Boh\u00e8me, The Pearl Fishers, La Traviata, and Gianni SchicchiMusic and songs from some of Broadway\u2019s greatest musicals, including The Phantom of the Opera, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, and West Side Story<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre<\/p>\n<p>Giselle Act II Pas de Deux, choreographed by Adam W. McKinney, after Jean Coralli and Jules PerrotA Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream Pas de Deux, choreographed by Ben Stevenson\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Adagio from Grand Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker 2027, choreographed by Trey McIntyre\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAmerica\u201d from West Side Story\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Performed as a collaboration with the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra and the Pittsburgh CLO\/Pittsburgh Public Theater<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Pittsburgh CLO\/Pittsburgh Public Theater <\/p>\n<p>Performers will sing various Broadway favorites, accompanied by the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra\u201cAmerica\u201d from West Side StoryPerformed as a collaboration with the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The event, presented by the Richard King Mellon Foundation, is free to attend, but audience members are encouraged to register in advance. <a href=\"https:\/\/pghopera.typeform.com\/to\/vnSREB7j?typeform-source=urlisolation.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/pghopera.typeform.com\/to\/vnSREB7j?typeform-source=urlisolation.com\">Click here to register. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Leaders from all three companies expressed excitement to share what they have to offer with Pittsburgh art enthusiasts, newcomers looking to enjoy a night out of the house and everyone in between.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cWe can\u2019t wait to make our Arts Landing debut with our wonderful colleagues from Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and the newly combined Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Public Theater, and to thrill the community with a free concert of world-class entertainment al fresco,\u201d said Bill Powers, Pittsburgh Opera General Director. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cWe are extremely excited to partner with the Pittsburgh Opera and newly combined Pittsburgh CLO\/Pittsburgh Public Theater to provide Pittsburghers with a free performance showcasing all of our organizations\u2019 talents and a taste of what the community can expect from us this Fall,\u201d said Adam W. McKinney, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Artistic Director.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cWe are delighted to introduce Pittsburgh to our newly combined organization of the Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Public Theater, at this spectacular community event,\u201d said Dr. Brett Ashley Crawford, the new organization\u2019s Interim Executive Producer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 A free concert will showcase a triad of major Pittsburgh artists on Wednesday. \u201cA Landing Ovation\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,757],"class_list":["post-291953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-wpxi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}