A Czech Masterpiece Reclaimed – “Dalibor” at Bard SummerScape
Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, most famous for his comic “folk” opera, The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta), culled from the myth-shrouded annals of Czech history the…
Browsing: Bard College
Rubinstein’s Demon Lover Stalks Bard SummerScape 2018
REVIEW: of the 2018 Bard SummerScape production of Anton Rubinstein’s 1871 opera Demon; and INTERVIEW: with Dr. Leon Botstein (American Symphony Orchestra founder and SummerScape…
Moscow on the Hudson – Antonín Dvorák’s Dimitrij at Bard SummerScape 2017
RETROSPECTIVE: of the Bard SummerScape 2017 production of Antonín Dvořák’s 1882 opera Dimitrij (July 28 and 30 and August 2, 4 and 6) at the…
SummerScape 2016 Pitches a Big Tent at Bard
OPERA: Mascagni’s IRIS – a dark, neglected opus by Puccini’s friend and rival; plus CABARET: Music, Mischief, and Oddball Chic at the House of Whimsy…
