Pittsburgh Opera’s world premiere has three endings
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April 1, 2025
Pittsburgh Opera’s newest world premiere, Woman With Eyes Closed, has three different endings
The opera, Jennifer Higdon and Jerre Dye’s Woman With Eyes Closed, was inspired by the real-life theft of seven modernist paintings from Rotterdam's Kunsthal in 2012. The opera is named after one of the stolen paintings, by Lucian Freud.
In the show, a woman discovers the paintings in her house and realizes her son is the thief. The police are closing in, and she must decide what to do. The opera has three different endings, each reflecting her making a different choice.
All performances will be at the Bitz Opera Factory, 2425 Liberty Ave., in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. The full performance schedule is:
- Saturday, April 26, 8:00 PM, Ending One
- Tuesday, April 29, 7:00 PM, Ending Two
- Friday, May 2, 7:30 PM, Ending Three
- Saturday, May 3, 2:00 PM, Ending TBA
- Sunday, May 4, 4:00 PM, Ending TBA
A limited number of tickets are still available. They can be purchased online at opera.culturaldistrict.org, by phone at 412-456-6666, and in-person at the Box Office at Theater Square, 655 Penn Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh.
Discounts are available for groups, kids and teens ages 6-18, students, seniors, members of the military and more. See pittsburghopera.org/discounts for details.
These performances are sponsored in part by a generous gift from Diana Reid and Marc Chazaud in memory of Diana Jannetta – music lover, art collector, and dear friend. Woman With Eyes Closed was commissioned by Opera Philadelphia, and funded in part by The Amphion Foundation, Inc. To learn more about becoming a sponsor, contact Pittsburgh Opera at 412-281-0912 x226 or via email.
A synopsis of the show, along with information on the cast and artistic teams, is available on its webpage.
The WQED Preview Show will air on WQED-FM Saturday, April 19th at 12:30PM & Friday, April 25th at 7:00PM.
Ticketholders for the Tuesday, April 29th performance are invited to remain in their seats immediately following the performance for the Meet the Artists conversation with the stars of the production.
