Members of the Retirees Association traveled by chartered bus to the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh to see The Marriage of Figaro, an opera with music composed by Mozart.  This opera is one of the most popular comic operas of all time.  Figaro is in love with the Countess's servant Susanna who he plans to wed that very day.  However, the Count is trying to exercise his right to bed the servant girl on her wedding night.  Figaro, Susanna and the Countess are outraged and conspire to prevent it and teach the Count a lesson while they're at it. 

The Pittsburgh Opera offered the Retirees Association a substantial educational discount on tickets.  Retirees left Morgantown at 10:30 a.m. and arrived in Pittsburgh around 12 Noon. There are several restaurants near the Benedum Center where they could have lunch on their own.  There was a pre-opera talk that began at 1:00 p.m. at the Benedum.

Included on the bus trip was a pre-opera talk by Byron Nelson, a retiree from the WVU English Department and the OLLI instructor for Opera as Drama, and a short critical recap on the way home.