2025-26 Season Rebroadcast- Curlew River
Saturday, September 26, 2026
to Saturday, September 26, 2026
1:00 PM
Location: WQED-FM 89.3
Pittsburgh Opera in collaboration with Classical WQED-FM 89.3 and wqed.org/fm will broadcast the 2025–26 season productions, giving listeners an opportunity to enjoy the operas all over again. The broadcasts are at 1:00 PM, unless otherwise noted, on five consecutive Saturdays from September 12th through October 10th, 2026.
A woman driven mad by the mystery of her lost son learns of her boy’s unfortunate fate from a chance encounter with a Ferryman while crossing a river.
Based on the Japanese Noh play Sumidagawa, Curlew River retells this story as a Christian parable. Written in the style of monastic plain song and laden with musical symbolism, this piece artfully melds theatrical simplicity with ecumenical grandeur.
Review: The Tartan - Standing ovation for Pittsburgh Opera’s production of ‘Curlew River’
