Opera Saratoga will present “An Evening in Paris” on June 15, 2025. The gala will be hosted at the Saratoga National Gold Club and will feature performances by Opera Saratoga’s Festival Artists. There will be a toast to Honorary Chairs Deborah and Dexter Senft with a special recognition to Opera Saratoga’s 50th anniversary. Stage direction for the event will be {…}
Opera Saratoga has announced that it is offering $10 student tickets for all performances during its upcoming summer festival. “Opera should be accessible to everyone,” said Mary Birnbaum, Opera Saratoga’s General and Artistic Director, per an official press release. “While we’ve always offered tickets under $30, this gift allows any student with a valid ID to experience the magic of {…}
Opera Saratoga’s Festival Artists will perform in the upcoming summer events. The first concert, “Songs of Travel” features 18 rising star singers who perform from the “Great American Songbook.” Performance Date: June 1, 2025 Festival Artists perform arias and songs that made them want to be singers at Saratoga Winery. Coaches Amy Burton and Peter Kazaras emcee. Performance Dates: June {…}
Opera Saratoga is set to present Offenbach’s “La Vie parisienne” The new prediction has a new commissioned book by Tim Drucker. The production will be directed by general and artistic director Mary Birnbaum and conducted by Juliane Gallant. The cast includes Fantine Douilly, Chuanyuan Liu, Danny Lugo, Brennan Martinez, Kate Morton, Wagner Mauricio Pastor, Chase Sanders, Geoffrey Schmelzer, Michael Segura, {…}
Opera Saratoga has announced that Amanda Robie will become the company’s new Executive Director. Robie was formerly the company’s Managing Director and in her new capacity, she will collaborate closely with the General and Artistic Director, as well as the Board of Directors, to shape and advance the strategic direction of the company. In a statement, Robie said, “I am {…}
Opera Saratoga has announced its 2025 summer season. In a statement, General and Artistic Director Mary Birnbaum said, “This summer’s festival will transport audiences around the world for two sensational classics which give young singers a chance to shine and two new operas which challenge audiences’ notions of what opera means today. We’ll go on an exhilarating, romantic journey from Saratoga Springs {…}
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Opera Saratoga, and the Bergamot Quartet are set to join forces to present a free workshop performance of “The Other Side of Silence.” The workshop will be held on Oct. 16 free and open to the public at the Concert Hall at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center. The workshop performance will be {…}
Opera Saratoga is set to open its season with Mozart’s “Così fan Tutte.” The opera is set to be directed by Gisela Cardenas and conducted by Ryan McAdams at the Universal Preservation Hall in downtown Saratoga Springs. The cast includes Maximillian Jansen as Ferrando, Anna Kelly as Dorabella, Michael J. Hawk as Guglielmo, Julia Stuart as Fiordiligi, and Aubrey Allicock as {…}
Opera Saratoga has announced details for its “Listen to This: Voices to Heal Our Future” concert series. The three-part concert program opens with “The Other Side of Silence,” a new opera for synthetic and acoustic voice that features collaborations between RPI Director of Institute Ensembles Robert Whalen and librettists Mark Steidl, Katherine Skovira and Sara Pyszka and Opera Saratoga. The {…}
Opera Saratoga has announced that it will be presenting “Cabaret at the Mansion” on June 2, 2024 at The Mansion Inn. The event will feature a wide range of repertory by such composers and artists as Weill, Schonberg, Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Irving Berlin, and Cole Porter, among many others. There will be two performances – one at 2 p.m. {…}
Opera Saratoga has announced its 2024 season featuring three new productions at Universal Preservation Hall. In a statement, Mary Birnbaum, General and Artistic Director said, “This season pays homage to Saratoga Springs’ history as a pleasure-seeker’s paradise and betting destination while looking to the future by pushing the definition of what opera can be – and how it can be made {…}