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Berkshire Opera Festival Launches Inaugural Resident Artist Program

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Berkshire Opera Festival has announced the launch of its Resident Artist Program for the summer of 2026. The eight-week paid residency will feature four singers: a soprano, a mezzo-soprano, a tenor, and a baritone, who will become part of an intensive training and performance regimen. “This is an extremely exciting moment for Berkshire Opera Festival’s growth,” said William E. Briggs {…}
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Berkshire Opera Festival Appoints New President & CEO

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The Berkshire Opera Festival has announced the appointment of Natalie Johnsonius Neubert as its new President and CEO. Johnsonius Neubert comes to BOF with long and extensive experience in all facets of arts administration, with particular focus on development and marketing. Most recently, she served four years as Director of Development for Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, followed by three years {…}
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Vanessa Becerra, Joshua Blue & Darren Drone Headline the 2025 Berkshire Opera Festival

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The Berkshire Opera Festival announces its 10th anniversary season. A free family concert kicks off the 2025 season. Performance Date: March 2, 2025 (Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center) The “Young Verdi in Love” recital features performances by soprano Kathleen O’Mara, tenor Lawrence Barasa, bass-baritone Alan Williams, and pianist Francesco Barfoed. Performance Date: April 27, 2025 (St. James Place in Great Barrington) {…}
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Berkshire Opera Festival 2024 Review: Faust

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Let’s briefly address the elephant or rather demon in this particular review, as it were. Namely, what is it with the fascination of so many 19th century composers with this classic Romantic literature – often considered the greatest work of German literature – Goethe’s “Faust”? There is Hector Berlioz’s masterpiece, “La damnation de Faust”, which I recently reviewed in a {…}
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Berkshire Opera Festival to Present ‘Faust’

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The Berkshire Opera Festival is set to present a new production of Charles Gounod’s “Faust.” The production will star tenor Duke Kim, Raquel González, Justin Hopkins, Sun-Ly Pierce, and Abbegael Greene. In a statement, conductor and Berkshire Opera Festival Co-Founder Brian Garman said, “BOF enters the realm of French grand opera for the first time with these performances of Faust. {…}
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Berkshire Opera Festival Announces 2025 Mainstage Opera

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Berkshire Opera Festival is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary season in 2025. The company will present Verdi’s masterpiece “La Traviata” with a cast that includes Vanessa Becerra, Joshua Blue, and Darren Drone. The festival will present the work on August 23, 26, and 29 at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. In recent years, the company has presented productions of {…}
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Berkshire Opera Festival Announces New, Long-Term Home

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The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts will be the new home of the Berkshire Opera Festival. The two organizations announced that they had reached an agreement through a multi-year residency. The Mahaiwe will showcase the Berkshire Opera Festival’s upcoming production of “Faust” in August with a preview led by Brian Garman and Jonathan Loy, the co-founders of {…}

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