Berkshire on Stage

by Barbara Waldinger What could be more satisfying for a theatre critic with a penchant for opera than to attend a bel canto performance of…

Great Barrington, MA — BERKSHIRE OPERA FESTIVAL (BOF) announces its 2026 summer mainstage production, a new mounting of one of the most celebrated works in the operatic canon, Gaetano Donizetti’s LUCIA…

Great Barrington, MA — BERKSHIRE OPERA FESTIVAL (BOF) announces its 2026 summer season under the vision of Co-founders Brian Garman (William E. Briggs Artistic Director) and Jonathon Loy (Director of Production), and new President…

by Barbara Waldinger To celebrate their tenth anniversary, the Berkshire Opera Festival has selected one of the most beloved, most frequently produced operas in the Verdi canon:  LA…

Great Barrington, MA — Having succeeded in restoring world-class, fully-staged opera to the Berkshires, the “innovative, clever and thoroughly professional” (Bachtrack) BERKSHIRE OPERA FESTIVAL (BOF) is now busy rehearsing and producing its…

BERKSHIRE OPERA FESTIVAL (BOF), the ambitious company, which has restored world-class, fully-staged opera to the Berkshires with savvy productions and superlative casts,  mounts a new mainstage production of Verdi’s masterpieceLA TRAVIATA…

Berkshire Opera Festival has restored world-class, fully-staged opera to the Berkshires with savvy productions and superlative casts.  This summer’s mainstage opera is a reimagined French classic:  FAUST August…

This spring, BOF proudly presents the first workshop performanceof a brand new opera from the Pulitzer Prize-winning composerof The Central Park Five and X: The Life and Times…