The Opera Company of Middlebury has announced its 2026 spring season productions. Filippo Ciabatti conducts Verdi’s “La Traviata,” directed by Douglas Anderson and set in the 1920s. The cast features Avery Boettcher as Violetta Valéry, Jared Esguerra as Alfredo Germont, and Andrew Manea as Giorgio Germont, with Nicholas Tocci as Baron Douphol. Performance Dates: June 5 – 13, 2026 The {…}
Vermont’s Opera Company of Middlebury has unveiled its 2024 summer season. The company opens the season with a production of “La Fille du Régiment.” The opera will be directed by Douglas Anderson and conducted by Filippo Ciabatti. Sara Lemesh, Patrick Bessenbacher, Richard Bernstein, Andy Papas, Angelica McLennan, Jonathan Isham, and Alissa Anderson star. Performance Dates: May 31 – June 8, 2024 {…}
The Opera Company of Middlebury has announced that Filippo Ciabatti will be its next Music Director. The company revealed that it had signed a three-year renewable contract with the conductor to continue its long-standing relationship. Ciabatti held the position of Interim Music Director during the 2023 season. “It’s well-known that Filippo is a consummate musician, but he’s also a perfect fit {…}
(Photo: Opera Company of Middlebury) Opera Company of Middlebury’s utterly delightful streaming production of Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide,” originally broadcast in June 2021, is back for a few more days, and viewable on OCM’s YouTube channel through Mar. 1, 2022. Don’t miss it. The pandemic was the mother of innovation. And OCM created the best of all possible worlds (wink, wink) {…}
The Opera Company of Middlebury is now streaming its video production of “Candide.” The work stars Joshua Jeremiah as Pangloss, Quinn bernegger as Candide, Cree Carrico as Cunegonde, Blake Jennings as Maximilian, Heather Jones as Paquette, and Tara Curtis as the Old Lady. Other cast members include Joshua Collier, Kian Kreitas, Jim Douglas, Victoria Drew, Allison Steinmetz, Melissa Chesnut-Tangerman, Linda {…}
Opera Company of Middlebury in Vermont is set to present “The Maid of Orleans.” The production, which is set to be presented at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater, will be “the first full production of this magnificent opera in New England.” It will also mark the first live production for the company since 2019. The company has since performed two operas {…}
(Credit: Erica Furgiuele) The Opera Company of Middlebury (OCM) in Vermont has announced a cinematic reimagining of Leonard Bernstein’s comic operetta “Candide.” The production will stream online as a ticketed event from June 15 to June 30 on the company’s YouTube channel. OCM’s retelling, which includes narration by former Vermont Governor Jim Douglas, employs traditional theatrical elements alongside modern technology, {…}
(Credit: Tim Joy) The Opera Company of Middlebury in Vermont has announced that it will be taking its 17th season online with “Completing the Picture.” On Nov. 15, the company will present the mini-opera by Michael Ching and Victoria Panella Bourns, in a new video adaptation by Anderson. “We wanted to start with something short,” said Douglas Anderson, the company’s {…}
The Opera Company of Middlebury, Vermont’s only professional opera company, will open its 2020 season with Tchaikovsky’s “The Maid of Orleans.” The opera will get three performances on June 11, 13, and 15, 2020 at the Wright Memorial Theatre on the campus of Middlebury College. The production will be fully staged by Douglas Anderson and will be conducted by Principal Guest {…}
