Ellington's Beggar's Holiday Presented by: Opera Theater of Pittsburgh Duke Ellington's only Broadway show - an updated and totally Americanized version of the Threepenny Opera starring that lovable rogue Mack the Knife. Romance, thievery, corruption, passion – Mackie’s back in town! And he is accompanied by the incomparable sound of MCG Jazz. Libretto by Dale Wasserman & John La Touche, and orchestrations by Mike Tomaro. Jonathan Eaton, Stage Director. Date: 12/18/2009 -          12/20/2009 Location: Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, 1815 Metropolitan St, Pittsburgh, PA website Montemezzi's The Love Spell Presented by: Opera Theater of Pittsburgh The Love Spell (L’Incantesimo), was written by verismo master Italo Montemezzi for the NBC Symphony Orchestra and premiered on radio in 1943. Lush, rhapsodic late-Romantic music accompanies the story of a mystical love triangle: a harsh nobleman stabs a white hind in the forest and finds that he has wounded his wife; only her former lover can bring her back to life and turn the wintry forest into spring. Stage Director, Jonathan Eaton; Conductor Bernard McDonald. In Italian with English supertitles. Date: 02/12/2010 -          02/14/2010 Location: Hall of Sculpture, Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Av, Pittsburgh, PA website Beautiful Dreamers Presented by: Opera Theater of Pittsburgh A world premiere based on Stephen Foster's songs, co-presented with Pgh Irish & Classical Theatre. Click the website link for details. Date: 04/15/2010 -          05/01/2010 website