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Almost rescued from tyranny: Smetena's Dalibor stuns at Bard

Cadie J Bryan (Milada) and John Matthew Myers (Dalibor) © Maria Baranova
Bedřich Smetana’s patriotic opera Dalibor is given a rare outing at Bard College, directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini and conducted by Leon Botstein. 

Damning with faint praise: Berlioz at Bard

Sasha Cooke and Leon Botstein © Matt Dine
As part of a festival considering the composer's oeuvre, Leon Botstein leads a concert performance of La Damnation de Faust lacking in French style. 

The fat knight sings in Bard Festival's Sir John in Love

Ann Toomey, Craig Colclough, Sarah Saturnino © Bard Music Festival | Stephanie Berger
A two-week Ralph Vaughan Williams retrospective closed with his gentle, folksy spin on Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor.

Strauss' Silent Woman makes a grand noise at Bard

Harold Wilson (Sir Morosus) and Edward Nelson (The Barber) © Stephanie Berger
Bard’s always courageous Music Director, Leon Botstein, never one to shy away from a challenge, presents Strauss' comedy uncut.

Bard Musical Festival presents a thrilling Die tote Stadt

American singers Clay Hilley and Sara Jakubiak offered performances of distinction in two fiendishly difficult roles.

The Demon: Botstein sheds light on another neglected opera

Efim Zavalny (The Demon) © Stephanie Berger
Thaddeus Strassberger proposed a mise-en-scène where the story is reenacted in Tamara’s confused mind while she is confined in a monastery.