SummerScape Opera
Opera at Bard
July 27 – August 5
“Bard’s annual opera has become an indispensable part of the summer operatic landscape.” —Musical America
Don’t miss SummerScape’s rare new American production of Anton Rubinstein’s Demon, a “supernatural melodrama” (New Yorker) featuring an all-Russian principal cast.
SummerScape Dance
Four Quartets
July 6–8
“At the still point, there the dance is.” ―T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets
Learn more about the pilgrimage taken by Fisher Center Artistic Director for Dance and Theater Gideon Lester and choreographer Pam Tanowitz that inspired the SummerScape 2018 dance production—a major new work commissioned for the 75th anniversary of T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets.
Bard Music Festival
Program One: Inventing Russian Music: The Mighty Five
August 10
Anchored by The Orchestra Now, this program integrates orchestral, solo, and chamber works to introduce the work of the Mighty Five and their musical godfather, Mikhail Glinka. Program One features Glinka’s Kamarinskaya—Russia’s first important orchestral work—which Tchaikovsky so eloquently described as “the acorn from which the oak of Russian symphonic music grew.”
Spiegeltent Cabaret
Chita: A Legendary Celebration
July 28 at 7 & 9:30 pm
Congratulations to Broadway icon Chita Rivera! On June 10, Rivera will be honored with a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement, recognizing her legendary career on the Great White Way and beyond.
On July 28, Chita graces the Spiegeltent with two very special, intimate performances.
Support the Artists and Scholars of SummerScape
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LLI members are eligible for a 20% general discount on Fisher Center performances. Just identify yourself as a LLI members to the box office.
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