Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/01/2026
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Location
Calvary Episcopal Church
Categories
Performed in English at a nonconventional location (a church), this inspiring and engaging opera is a contemporary example Noh theater as envisioned by the legendary English composer Benjamin Britten (1913-1976).
Begun in the 1300s, Noh is Japan’s oldest major theater art (combining music, poetry and dance) that is still regularly performed today. “Curlew River” is an adaptation of a classic Noh play about a woman driven mad by the mystery of her lost son who learns about her boy’s unfortunate fate during a chance encounter with a ferryman while crossing the nearby river.
Britten and his librettist William Plomer (1903-1973) transformed the play into a beautiful operatic Christian parable. This production is staged by the Pittsburgh Opera.
Address
315 Shady Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15222
United States