PS21 Announces 2021 Season
May through September 2021: A Full Season of Inspiring Performances, Classes, Workshops, and Encounters, all Socially Distanced. PS21:Performance Spaces for the 21st Century in Chatham, NY,…
REVIEW: “Don Pasquale” at the Berkshire Opera Festival
by Fred Baumgarten Comedy, arguably one of the two greatest human gifts – the other being music – is a timeless art. Picture an arrow…
REVIEW: “Show Boat” at The Glimmerglass Festival
by Roseann Cane Show Boat, first produced by Florenz Ziegfeld in 1927, marked a turning point in theater history.. Appearing during a time when…
Berkshire Opera Festival Announces Fourth Season, Moves to the Mahaiwe
Berkshire Opera Festival announces its fourth season, featuring Donizetti’s Don Pasquale Following its widely-acclaimed third season, BOF will present three fully-staged performances August 24, 27, and 30…
REVIEW: “La Traviata” at Panopera
by Fred Baumgarten Panopera’s presentation of La Traviata at the Academy of Music in Northampton straddled the line between professional quality and amateur production. On the strength…
REVIEW: “Rigoletto” at the Berkshire Opera Festival
by Fred Baumgarten For nearly three hours last Saturday afternoon, you could hear a pin drop inside the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield at the Berkshire…
REVIEW: “A Quiet Place” at Tanglewood
by Fred Baumgarten The best way to appreciate Leonard Bernstein’s 1983 opera, A Quiet Place, is through the music. At Tanglewood last week, this infrequently performed…
Berkshire Opera Festival Schedules “Rigoletto” for 2018
Great Barrington, MA – Berkshire Opera Festival (BOF) is proud to present Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece, Rigoletto for its third season, with performances August 25, 28, and 31 at…