Name: Woman with Eyes Closed
Start: 2025-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-05-04T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Bitz Opera Factory

Admin

Pittsburgh Opera

Stage director

Kristine McIntyre

Assistant Conductor

Glenn Lewis

Pianist

James Lesniak

Singer

Contralto

Meredith Arwady

Mona

Mezzo-soprano

Audrey Welsh

Museum Curator

Tenor

Fran Daniel Laucerica

Tomas

Bass

Matthew Soibelman

Inspector

Lauryn Davis

Momma

Orchestra

Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra

Others

Pittsburgh Opera Chorus

Béarla

Woman with Eyes Closed

Pittsburgh

United States

Bitz Opera Factory

Public

Saurav Kumar

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Conductor

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Soprano

Countertenor

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

A family portrait

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.

This world premiere opera from award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon (Cold Mountain) is inspired by a real-life art heist, and confronts the question “what is the true value of a work of art?” This is an opera that needs to be seen at least twice; each night of the production has the possibility of a completely new ending!

Commissioned by Opera Philadelphia

English

Woman with Eyes Closed by Higdon, Ó (2025/2025), Faoi stiúir Kristine McIntyre,, Bitz Opera Factory, Pittsburgh, United States

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Criú

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid