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 TRAVIATA. According to Maestro Brian Garman, Conductor, Artistic Director and Co-founder of the company, Berkshire audiences have often requested this masterpiece, and now the BOF has delivered…
by Barbara Waldinger Charles Gounod’s FAUST, currently playing at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, is the Berkshire Opera Festival’s first foray (now in its ninth season) into French grand opera. Maestro Brian Garman (Artistic Director, co-Founder and conductor), explains what that entails: “intimate and heartfelt melodies, spirited and rousing choruses,…
by Roseann Cane Today one of the most frequently performed operas in the world, La Bohème premiered in 1896 in Turin, conducted by the 28-year-old Arturo Toscanini. Set in Latin Quarter of Paris in the 1830s, it focuses on four young, impoverished bohemian artists, Marcello, a painter (baritone Benjamin Taylor);…
Brian Garman & Jonathon Loy, Co-Founders • Abigail Rollins, Executive Directorannounces an indoor FULL CAPACITY 2021 summer season,its largest and most robust to date Updates include:Joshua Major stage directs FalstaffTamara Wilson, renowned Verdi soprano, sings Alice Ford in Falstaff FALSTAFFA new production of Verdi’s comic masterpiece stars Sebastian Catana in title roleAugust 21, 24, 27 at the…
