Nadia Boulanger & Ernest Chausson Highlight Bard Summerscape’s 2020 Season

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The Bard SummerScape has announced its 2020 season celebrating the Life and Times of Pioneering Parisian Polymath Nadia Boulanger, with Seven-Week Arts Festival in New York’s Hudson Valley. For the purpose of this article we will only focus on the vocal performances. Opera This season will mark the first fully-staged American presentation of Chausson’s “King Arthur,” directed by award-winner Mary {…}

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Bard Summerscape 2019 Review: Das Wunder Der Heliane

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I think the trickiness of reviewing this work – for me, at least – can be expressed by an exchange I had with a couple at Bard’s Sosnoff Theater during the intermission of the Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s opera, “Das Wunder Der Heliane (The Miracle of Heliane).” Apparently, a woman had noticed me taking notes during the performance, perhaps deduced I {…}

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Korngold Headlines Bard Summerscape 2019

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The Bard Summerscape 2019 festival has been announced. This year the festival will celebrate its 30th anniversary season and will focus on “Korngold and His World.” There will be film screenings, opera, recitals, and dance. For this article, we will only concentrate on the operatic and vocal showcases. Opera Christian Räth directs the American premiere of Korngold’s “The Miracle of Heliane” {…}

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Bard Summerscape 2018 Review: Demon

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In order to review Bard Summerscape’s production of Anton Rubinstein’s seldom-heard opera, “Demon,” it may be best to actually review the work itself. This isn’t, after all, the super-familiar “La Bohème” we are talking about. While apparently the opera has found favor and a niche in the Russian Motherland, it is largely unknown throughout the rest of the known operatic {…}

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Bard Summerscape 2018 To Showcase ‘The Demon’ & ‘The Tsar’s Bride’

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The Bard Summerscape 2018 season has been announced with a program that celebrates the life and times of seminal Russian romantic Rimsky-Korsakov. The festival will include a number of programs celebrating Russian music and an opera production. For this article, we only concentrate on the operas that will be presented throughout the festival. The Demon This year the festival will {…}

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Bard Summerscape 2017 Review – Halka: Amanda Majeski Triumphs In This Rarely Heard Polish Opera

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“Halka” is considered one of the first great Polish operas in the canon. While it is rarely performed outside of Poland, Stanisław Moniuszko’s work has had a couple of outings in the United States. This season, the Bard Music Festival presented it in collaboration with the Polish National Opera in a semi-staged version that while not completely satisfying in its {…}

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Weekend Preview USA (8/18-20): Seagle Music Colony Concocts ‘My Fair Lady,’ While Glimmerglass, Santa Fe, Etc. Finish Out Runs

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If you read last weekend’s preview, this week’s might look awfully familiar. The reality? A lot of the same companies are going strong and showcasing the same repertoire. But before we dive into those, let’s look at the new addition of the weekend, Seagle Music Colony’s production of “My Fair Lady,” which will play on Friday throughout the day. The Bard {…}

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Bard SummerScape Festival 2017 Review – Dimitrij: A Flawed Production Makes Compelling Case For Dvořák’s Rarely Heard Sixth Opera

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Let me start off by saying “Dimitrij” is not Dvořák’s melodic masterpiece nor is it the most important work by the composer. But Dvořák’s sixth opera is a compelling grand opera that deserves more exposure and more productions. In sum, while listening to this unique opera, one can certainly hear hints of the dramatic prowess Dvořák would eventually utilize to {…}

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Weekend Preview – USA (7/28-30): Dvorak’s ‘Dimitrij’ to Get First US Staging At Bard Summerscape

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It will be another busy opera weekend as we enter the home stretch of the summer season. But this one is special because it will feature the first fully staged production of an opera by a beloved Czech Composer. Dvorak’s “Dimitrij” will make its first staged production in the US as part of the Bard Summerscape with performances on Friday {…}

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Nadia Boulanger & Ernest Chausson Highlight Bard Summerscape’s 2020 Season

Bard Summerscape 2019 Review: Das Wunder Der Heliane

Korngold Headlines Bard Summerscape 2019

Bard Summerscape 2018 Review: Demon

Bard Summerscape 2018 To Showcase ‘The Demon’ & ‘The Tsar’s Bride’

Bard Summerscape 2017 Review – Halka: Amanda Majeski Triumphs In This Rarely Heard Polish Opera

Weekend Preview USA (8/18-20): Seagle Music Colony Concocts ‘My Fair Lady,’ While Glimmerglass, Santa Fe, Etc. Finish Out Runs

Bard SummerScape Festival 2017 Review – Dimitrij: A Flawed Production Makes Compelling Case For Dvořák’s Rarely Heard Sixth Opera

Weekend Preview – USA (7/28-30): Dvorak’s ‘Dimitrij’ to Get First US Staging At Bard Summerscape