Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Cooperstown, NY, United States

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CooperstownShow Boat

Alice Busch Opera Theater, Jul 06 20:00, Jul 16 13:30, Jul 20 13:30, Jul 22 13:30, Jul 28 13:30, Aug 01 19:30, Aug 03 20:00, Aug 05 13:30, Aug 11 13:30, Aug 15 19:30, Aug 17 13:30, Aug 20 13:30, Aug 24 13:30

Kern: Show Boat

James Lowe; Francesca Zambello; Glimmerglass Opera; Peter J. Davison; Paul Tazewell; Lauren Snouffer; Michael Adams

CooperstownLa traviata

Alice Busch Opera Theater, Jul 07 13:30, Jul 15 13:30, Jul 21 13:30, Jul 27 13:30, Jul 30 13:30, Aug 04 13:30, Aug 08 19:30, Aug 10 20:00, Aug 13 13:30, Aug 16 19:30, Aug 19 13:30, Aug 24 20:00

Verdi: La traviata

Joseph Colaneri; Francesca Zambello; Glimmerglass Opera; Peter J. Davison; Jess Goldstein; Amanda Woodbury; Kang Wang

CooperstownThe Ghosts of Versailles

Alice Busch Opera Theater, Jul 13 20:00, Jul 23 13:30, Jul 25 19:30, Aug 03 13:30, Aug 09 19:30, Aug 12 13:30, Aug 18 13:30, Aug 23 19:30

Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles

Joseph Colaneri; Jay Lesenger; Glimmerglass Opera; James Noone; Nancy Leary; Yelena Dyachek; Jonathan Bryan

CooperstownBlue

Alice Busch Opera Theater, Jul 14 13:30, Jul 26 19:30, Jul 29 13:30, Aug 02 19:30, Aug 06 13:30, Aug 10 13:30, Aug 17 20:00, Aug 22 19:30

Tesori: Blue

John DeMain; Tazewell Thompson; Glimmerglass Opera; Donald Eastman; Jessica Jahn; Kenneth Kellogg; Briana Hunter

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Eric Owens’ Forester the highlight of Glimmerglass' Vixen

Emma Novak (Frog) and Eric Owens (Forester) © Karli Cadel

Edward Sava-Segal, 21 Jul

A production that veers close to the Disneyesque but still provides plenty to enjoy.

***11

Aleks Romano (Aurelio) © Carrington Spires

Gregory Moomjy, 19 Aug

The Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, New York always does themed seasons. This year the season was about the idea of home. As such, the production directed by Francesca Zambello was updated from the Middle Ages to a modern-day refugee camp.

****1

Gregory Moomjy, 18 Aug

Handel’s Xerxes (1738) was part of this year’s “home and homeland” season at Glimmerglass Festival.

***11

Edward Sava-Segal, 05 Aug

Glimmerglass’ Porgy and Bess proves one more time that Gershwin’s opus remains America’s most important 20th-century opera.

****1

Mary Beth Nelson (Betty), Ariana Wehr (Abigail), Emma Grimsley (Ruth), Molly Jane Hill (Susanna) © Karli Cadel | Glimmerglass Opera

Edward Sava-Segal, 14 Aug

Francesca Zambello stages a new production of Robert Ward's opera The Crucible at the Glimmerglass Festival in upstate New York.

***11

Thomas Michael Allen (Catone) © Karli Cadel

Sacha Evans, 09 Aug

Today, Vivaldi’s operas remain rarities. The American première of Cato in Utica at the Glimmerglass Festival (located an hour south of Utica, NY) attempted to elevate this little explored corner of Baroque repertoire.

***11