Berkshire on Stage

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 on August 23, 26, 29Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA Soprano VANESSA BECERRA – Violetta ValéryTenor JOSHUA BLUE – Alfredo GermontBaritone DARREN DRONE – Giorgio GermontMezzo-soprano JOANNE EVANS – Flora BervoixTenor MAXIMILLIAN JANSEN –…

by Barbara Waldinger Who would have believed that here in the Berkshires we would have our own opera festival showcasing talent from all over the world, including the MET and Italy’s La Scala?  Thanks to co-founders Brian Garman (Artistic Director) and Jonathon Loy (Director of Production), Berkshire Opera Festival presented…

Top (L to R): Sebastian Catana, Tamara Wilson, Thomas GlassMiddle: Alissa Anderson, Jasmine Habersham, Jonas HackerBottom: Joanne Evans, Jeremy Harr, Lucas Levy Berkshire Opera Festival‘s mainstage show will be Giuseppe Verdi‘s brilliant comic opera FALSTAFF, which was adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV. One of only two comedies written…