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Anne Alter walked back into UMPC Western Psychiatric Hospital in Oakland on Friday — but not as a patient this time. She walked in as someone who is living proof that it’s possible to be well and live in recovery. Alter returned to sing a moving Hanukkah song at Holidays
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…” Mezzo-Soprano Marianne Cornetti started singing those words when asked about the inspiration of holiday music for her upcoming performance. “I could listen to Christmas music all year long,” said Cornetti, who will be Mrs. Claus at the Ho-Ho-Holiday Extravaganza on Dec. 19
Courtesy of Josh Brown TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s upcoming schedule is based on three V’s — “to be visible, viable and victorious — even during a pandemic,” according to Artistic Director Marianne Cornetti. “Because we are still in a pandemic year, and not knowing how confident our audience would be in attending performances before July, we wanted to maintain being visible, but not having huge production costs,” she said. “It was time to get creative....
Opera performers to perform, deliver presents to children at Western Psych PITTSBURGH –– Internationally recognized opera performers will deliver holiday presents to children on Tuesday at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. Marianne Cornetti, artistic director of the Pittsburgh Festival Opera, and Kevin Glavin, international opera singer, will dress as Santa and Mrs. Claus on Tuesday while delivering presents to children and adolescents at Western Psych. Cornetti and Glavin will also perform outside of the hospital for UPMC's frontline workers, according to a press release.