STUDY GUIDES
- About
- Seasons
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- Support
- Education
- Resident Artists
- Our Team
- Facilities
- Current Media Releases
- Pittsburgh Opera presents drama, intrigue, murder and more this fall
- Pittsburgh Opera announces its 2024-25 Resident Artists
- Pittsburgh Opera's 2024 Piano Sale is Aug. 22-25
- Music Director Antony Walker receives 5-year contract extension
- Pittsburgh Opera celebrates Mary Cardwell Dawson and Black Opera in Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh Opera to offer free childcare during La Traviata matinee
- Pittsburgh Opera announces its 86th Season
- Pittsburgh Opera announces first of its kind rideshare voucher program
- Pittsburgh Opera presents both old and new operas this winter
- Pittsburgh Opera presents beloved favorites, rare gems, and free concerts this fall
- Pittsburgh Opera announces new Board of Directors President and Members
- Pittsburgh Opera announces its 2023-24 Resident Artists
- Pittsburgh Opera's 2023 Piano Sale is Aug. 24-27
- Robert and Christine Pietrandrea commit $500,000 to sponsor Pittsburgh Opera productions
- Pittsburgh Opera presents two modern operas in May during international opera conference
- Emily Richter a Grand Finals Winner of Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition
- Pittsburgh Opera presents two modern operas in May during international opera conference
Pittsburgh Opera's Study Guides are a concise introduction to the opera that includes:
- Characters
- Synopsis
- Biographies
- Articles related to the historical context of the opera.
Study Guides are posted in PDF format on each opera's main page prior to the opera's opening, and are available on paper at all performances. Additionally, you can download them below as they become available.
2024-25 Season
2023-24 Season
- The Barber of Seville
- The Flying Dutchman
- Iphigénie en Tauride
- Proving Up
- La Traviata
- The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson
2022-23 Season
2021-22 Season
2020-21 Season
2019-20 Season
2018-19 Season
- Madama Butterfly
- Hansel & Gretel
- afterWARds - Mozart's Idomeneo Reimagined
- Glory Denied
- La bohème
- Don Pasquale
2017-2018 Season
- Tosca
- The Marriage of Figaro
- The Long Walk
- Savage Winter (formerly Ashes & Snow)
- Moby-Dick
- The Elixir of Love
2016-17 Season
2015-16 Season