REVIEW: “Suddenly Last Summer” at Bard Summerscape
by Patrick White Suddenly Last Summer adapted from Tennessee Williams’ play as an opera with a ravishing score by Courtney Bryan, libretto by Gideon Lester and…
“Deidamia” and “Messiah” Announced as Next Productions of Handel on the Hudson
Hudson, NY – Following the success of GIULIO CESARE in 2025 and RODELINDA in 2023, Hudson Hall announces the next two productions in its Handel on the Hudson series with visionary opera director R.B.…
REVIEW: Heartbeat Opera’s “Vanessa” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
by Michael Moran, Special to Berkshire on Stage [EDITOR’S NOTE: The Williamstown Theatre Festival did not include Berkshire on Stage on their press email list,…
Heartbeat Opera Brings Samuel Barber’s “Vanessa” to North Adams
Williamstown, MA — New York’s Heartbeat Opera—the indie company whose daring, stripped down takes of classic operas have been called “a radical endeavor” by The New Yorker and “revelatory” by The…
R. B. Schlather Brings Handel’s “Guilio Cesare” to Hudson Hall
Hudson, NY – Visionary opera director and Hudson resident R.B. Schlather reunites with early music band Ruckus for six performances of Handel’s baroque blockbuster GIULIO CESARE at Hudson Hall from April 19-May 2,…
Hudson Hall & Director R.B. Schlather Announce Handel’s “Giulio Cesare”
Second opera in their ‘Handel on the Hudson’ series GIULIO CESARE Music by G.F. HandelProduction by R.B. Schlather April 19, 23 (matinee), 26, 27 (matinee), 30 (matinee),…