The Glimmerglass Festival announced details and casting for its upcoming touring production of Weill, Brecht, and  Hauptmann’s “Happy End.”

This new touring production brings together The Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Saratoga, Finger Lakes Opera, and Seagle Festival in a shared effort to expand access to opera across the region. “Happy End” will include 10 performances at eight venues across New York State.

Stops on the tour include the Clark Art Institute (May 9), Utica (May 10), the Seagle Festival in Schroon Lake (May 16), Troy (May 17), Opera Saratoga in Saratoga Springs (May 28 & 30), Hudson (May 29), Finger Lakes Opera in Rochester (July 23), and The Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown (July 28 & 31).

The cast includes Christine Taylor Price, Gregory Feldmann, Lisa Marie Rogali, Jonathan Pierce Rhodes, Bradley Bickhardt, Jason Zacher, Reed Gnepper, and Lauren Torey.

Rob Ainsley, the Artistic and General Director of The Glimmerglass Festival, who will serve as music director of the production said in a press release, “Opera and musical theater have the power to connect, challenge, and inspire. By working closely with our colleagues at Opera Saratoga, Finger Lakes Opera, and Seagle Festival, we are strengthening upstate New York’s cultural ecosystem and working to ensure that high-caliber, imaginative live performance reaches audiences in Central New York and beyond — including communities that may not otherwise have the opportunity to experience this transformative art form.”

Glimmerglass Dramaturg Kelley Rourke created a new English book that retains all of Weill’s original songs (in Michael Feingold’s translation) while shaping a 90-minute performance without intermission. Costumes are by Márion Talán de la Rosa and the set design is by Tobin Ost.

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