I want the Festival to promote discussion about these important social issues, and each of our offerings can do just that. “As we watch the world and these issues of displacement, the notion of home takes on a much bigger weight. “This idea of home is extremely topical,” Artistic & General Director Francesca Zambello said. The season also includes the world premiere of Stomping Grounds, a piece from Victor Simonson and Paige Hernandez that blends hip-hop, spoken word and opera, and Derrick Wang’s opera Scalia/Ginsburg, starring 2017 Artist in Residence William Burden.įrom Charleston’s Catfish Row to the Oklahoma Territory, from the besieged port of Calais to the First Persian Empire, the 2017 Glimmerglass Festival examines how history, geography and relationships come together to form the concept of home. The 2017 Festival will include mainstage productions of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, Handel’s Xerxes and Donizetti’s The Siege of Calais. (July 7, 2016) – The Glimmerglass Festival, which presents four mainstage productions of opera and musical theater as well as many events every summer, has released the details of its 2017 schedule. Paige Hernandez, Stephen Schwartz, David Sedaris and moreĬOOPERSTOWN, N.Y. Festival Guests to include William Burden, Theodore Chapin,
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