Handel’s 'Messiah' Thrills a Massive PSO Audience

onstagepittsburgh.com: The Heinz Hall box-office sang its own version of the “Hallelujah Chorus” last night, after Handel’s timeless oratorio, The Messiah, drew a colossal crowd to its doors. At 7:45 there were still long lines at the ticket windows. Eavesdropping in the sea of humanity, we overheard plans for reuniting being mapped out, as families and other groups found it impossible to find seats together. All genders and ages were stacked to the very last seat in the last row of the gallery, but there seemed to be nothing madding about this crowd.