Lighting Designer

When Mona finds a mysterious suitcase filled with stolen masterpieces, she must grapple with a choice to save these priceless paintings or save her son—the thief. Burning the paintings would destroy the evidence of her son’s crime, but one of the paintings—Lucien Freud’s “Woman With Eyes Closed”—looks just like her own mother, a painter who died when Mona was still young. The uncanny resemblance unlocks long-buried memories that fuel the fires of three different possible endings.

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Woman With Eyes Closed

Pittsburgh Opera

In 1943, the National Negro Opera Company is set to perform on a floating barge to evade racially-segregated venues. But when bad weather threatens—pushing the performance to a segregated performance hall—visionary impressaria Mary Cardwell Dawson must find a way forward.

The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

A family of Nebraskan homesteaders in the 1870s dreams of "proving up." They endeavor to obtain the deed to the land they've settled by fulfilling the requirements of the Homestead Act: five years of harvest, a sod house dwelling, and perhaps the most elusive element—a glass window.

Proving Up

Sharp-witted court jester Rigoletto is the philandering Duke’s right-hand man, always quick to defend his patron’s womanizing and mock his master’s victims. But the joke is on him.

Rigoletto

Benedum Center for the Performing Arts

After the death of his beloved Eurydice, Orpheus vows to plunge into the very depths of the Underworld itself to bring her back. Moved by Orpheus’s passion, Amore (Cupid) appears and agrees to aid him in the rescue of his wife so long as he does not look at her until they return to the land of the living again.

Orpheus & Eurydice

Florinda, a recent graduate of Madame Alice Tairik’s school for “ladies in waiting,” is now working for Lord and Lady Macbeth. After three witches prophesize that she will be the downfall of her new employers, Florinda is determined to fight fate and give the Macbeths the happy ending they deserve. Can she thwart destiny or is the play doomed to repeat itself?

Working For The Macbeths

Shakespeare’s tale of star-crossed lovers was destined for the operatic stage.

Lighting Designer

Todd Nonn

Events

Upcoming events

10 - 18 Oct, 2026

Rigoletto · Pittsburgh Opera

14 - 22 Nov, 2026

Orpheus & Eurydice · Pittsburgh Opera

Feb 27 - Mar 7, 2027

Working For The Macbeths · Pittsburgh Opera

17 - 25 Apr, 2027

Romeo & Juliet · Pittsburgh Opera

Past events

Apr 26 - May 4, 2025

Woman With Eyes Closed · Pittsburgh Opera

Apr 27 - May 5, 2024

The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson · Pittsburgh Opera

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