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A lush, provocative Egyptian Helen at Bard Summerscape
At Bard College, Christian Räth and Leonard Botstein make an excellent case for Strauss' neglected opera, Die ägyptische Helena.
Almost rescued from tyranny: Smetena's Dalibor stuns at Bard
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
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
A two-week Ralph Vaughan Williams retrospective closed with his gentle, folksy spin on Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor.
Saint-Saëns rarity Henry VIII takes the crown at Bard SummerScape
Conductor Leon Botstein and director Jean-Roumain Vesperini treat this Tudor soap opera with appropriate grandeur, while a top-notch cast deliver the vocal goods.
Strauss' Silent Woman makes a grand noise at Bard
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.
Korngold and his contemporaries
Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra's attempt to position Erich Wolfgang Korngold as a midcentury musical force comes up short.