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29 March 2024

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Candide

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 3

Musically stunning, witty, wacky Candide at Glimmerglass
28 Aug 23 / Classics Today
Broadway on the Lake
3 Aug 23 / ConcertoNet (French)
Brian Vu and Meredith Arwady shine in Glimmerglass Candide
13 Jul 23 / Bachtrack
Rinaldo

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 2

Amour, guerre et rédemption
3 Aug 23 / ConcertoNet (French)
Child's play: inventive, moving Rinaldo at Glimmerglass
3 Aug 23 / Bachtrack
Roméo et Juliette

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 2

Ardent Roméo
3 Aug 23 / ConcertoNet (French)
Timely and timeless: Simon Godwin directs Gounod's Roméo et Juliette at Glimmerglass
2 Aug 23 / Bachtrack
La bohème

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 1

Opéra fétiche
3 Aug 23 / ConcertoNet (French)
Carmen

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 1

Visually striking, dramatically inconsistent
21 Jul 22 / Bachtrack
The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 2

Glimmerglass al fresco: opera as brew of sunny voices, dicey weather
21 Aug 21 / Classical Voice North America
At Glimmerglass, Denyce Graves summons the passion of an American opera visionary
15 Aug 21 / Seen and Heard
Il Trovatore

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 3

Glimmerglass al fresco: opera as brew of sunny voices, dicey weather
21 Aug 21 / Classical Voice North America
Latonia Moore, Gregory Kunde headline a creative undertaking of Verdi’s mid-period masterwork
18 Aug 21 / OperaWire
Azucena takes center stage in the Glimmerglass Festival's streamlined Trovatore
10 Aug 21 / Bachtrack
La Périchole

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 3

Glimmerglass al fresco: opera as brew of sunny voices, dicey weather
21 Aug 21 / Classical Voice North America
Isabel Leonard soars in Glimmerglass Festival's Songbird
10 Aug 21 / Bachtrack
‘Songbird’ vivacious, spellbinding at Glimmerglass on the Grass
3 Aug 21 / Daily Gazette
Die Zauberflöte

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 1

Glimmerglass Opera is back with 'The Magic Flute'
18 Jul 21 / Times Union
Show Boat

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 2

Glimmerglass’ Showboat sails to glory
22 Aug 19 / Opera Today
Show Boat keeps rollin’ along
19 Jul 19 / ConcertoNet (English)
La Traviata

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 6

Glowing Verdi at Glimmerglass
21 Aug 19 / Opera Today
Quality singing in a setting with novel accents
7 Aug 19 / Bachtrack
Zambello’s Intriguing “Traviata”
20 Jul 19 / Opera Warhorses
La Traviata makes the rounds to Glimmerglass
19 Jul 19 / ConcertoNet (English)
Adrian Timpau shines bright in fantastic production that features Amanda Woodbury and Kang Wang
13 Jul 19 / OperaWire
A stunning production visually
10 Jul 19 / DC Theatre Scene
The Queen of Spades

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 1

Francesca Zambello's staging was a miracle of invention
20 Aug 19 / Opera Today
Blue

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 9

Blue diversifies Glimmerglass fare
20 Aug 19 / Opera Today
Glimmerglass lifts verismo mirror to American tragedy
10 Aug 19 / Classical Voice North America
Police violence reaches opera in ‘Blue’
3 Aug 19 / New York Times
Am I Blue at Glimmerglass? You bet.
3 Aug 19 / Broadway World
A world premiere opera, ‘Blue,’ confronts the police shooting of a teenage boy
25 Jul 19 / The Undefeated
A story of America’s ongoing struggle with race
20 Jul 19 / Seen and Heard
Lushly melodic, dramatically persuasive
20 Jul 19 / Opera Warhorses
The struggle to stay alive is at the heart of “Blue”
16 Jul 19 / Times Union
Moody “blue”
16 Jul 19 / parterre box
The Ghosts of Versailles

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 9

Vibrant Versailles dazzles in upstate New York
20 Aug 19 / Opera Today
Glimmerglass mounts a splendid show
8 Aug 19 / The Ithaca Journal
Some guilty Ghosts
3 Aug 19 / Broadway World
Ghosts haunts Glimmerglass
2 Aug 19 / ConcertoNet (English)
Glimmerglass Festival has made a bold choice in re-mounting The Ghosts of Versailles
27 Jul 19 / DC Theatre Scene
An elegant new production of “Ghosts of Versailles”,
20 Jul 19 / Opera Warhorses
A splendid production of The Ghosts of Versailles premieres at Glimmerglass
19 Jul 19 / Seen and Heard
“The Ghosts of Versailles” happily jumps between worlds and styles
16 Jul 19 / Times Union
Glimmerglass resurrects The Ghosts of Versailles on the eve of Bastille Day
16 Jul 19 / Bachtrack
The Cunning Little Vixen

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 6

Glimmerglass Festival’s charming “Cunning Little Vixen”
4 Aug 18 / Opera Warhorses
Glimmerglass Vixen is a cunning take on a moral tale
28 Jul 18 / Broadway World
Lightning strikes twice – The Glimmerglass Festival’s Cunning Little Vixen is a winner
27 Jul 18 / Seen and Heard
Eric Owens’ Forester the highlight of Glimmerglass' Cunning Little Vixen
25 Jul 18 / Bachtrack
The Cunning Little Vixen, opera for children at Glimmerglass Festival
17 Jul 18 / DC Theatre Scene
“Cunning Little Vixen” an enchanted visit to the woods at Glimmerglass
9 Jul 18 / Times Union
Silent Night

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 3

Honoring those Who fought in the war to end all wars – The Glimmerglass Festival’s compelling Silent Night
28 Jul 18 / Seen and Heard
Even more moving the second time around
25 Jul 18 / Broadway World
In “Silent Night” war is ugly, music is beautiful
17 Jul 18 / Times Union
Il barbiere di Siviglia

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 3

Zambello’s Zany “Barber of Seville”
28 Jul 18 / Opera Warhorses
Glimmerglass Festival’s Barber of Seville achieves lift off and soars
25 Jul 18 / Seen and Heard
Musical magic out of the blue at Glimmerglass’ “Barber”
17 Jul 18 / Times Union
West Side Story

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 3

Glimmerglass Festival’s dazzling “West Side Story”: youthful artistry, theatrical authenticity
28 Jul 18 / Opera Warhorses
Francesca Zambello directs West Side Story with a deft hand
26 Jul 18 / Broadway World
Jerome Robbins’ work is the real (and big!) deal
17 Jul 18 / DC Theatre Scene
L'assedio di Calais

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 8

An exciting discovery
6 Sep 17 / ConcertoNet (English)
Rarely performed The Siege of Calais highlights New York’s Glimmerglass Festival
3 Sep 17 / The Toronto Star
Donizetti rarity given American première at Glimmerglass
22 Aug 17 / Bachtrack
Justice and music
21 Aug 17 / The Huffington Post
Francesca Zambello, Leah Crocetto & Aleks Romano make a great case for Donizetti’s forgotten work
25 Jul 17 / OperaWire
War beautifully sung in “The Siege of Calais”
24 Jul 17 / Times Union
A musically appealing, theatrically arresting “Siege of Calais” links Donizetti and Zambello
22 Jul 17 / Opera Warhorses
Glimmerglass Festival gives U.S. premiere of Donizetti’s ‘Siege of Calais’
19 Jul 17 / Blasting News
Scalia/Ginsburg

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 1

Glimmerglass being judgmental
24 Aug 17 / Opera Today
Xerxes

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 5

Baroque romantic entanglements
24 Aug 17 / ConcertoNet (English)
Arias rise to the occasion at Glimmerglass
9 Aug 17 / Syracuse New Times
Tree for the show
25 Jul 17 / parterre box
An elegantly performed Glimmerglass Festival “Xerxes”
22 Jul 17 / Opera Warhorses
Anchoring the uniformly strong cast is countertenor John Holiday, Jr. in the title role
17 Jul 17 / Times Union
Oklahoma

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 3

Director Molly Smith knew just how to best succeed at staging the evergreen classic Oklahoma!
23 Aug 17 / Opera Today
Glimmerglass Festival’s rip-roaring “Oklahoma”
22 Jul 17 / Opera Warhorses
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘Oklahoma!’ kicks up its heels
16 Jul 17 / Blasting News
Porgy and Bess

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 7

Glimmerglass’ Porgy a perfect grand opera version
21 Aug 17 / Classics Today
Arias rise to the occasion at Glimmerglass
9 Aug 17 / Syracuse New Times
Francesca Zambello’s Porgy and Bess successfully revived at Glimmerglass
8 Aug 17 / Bachtrack
A strong and handsome evening of music and theater
21 Jul 17 / WAMC
Handsome and gripping “Porgy and Bess” at Glimmerglass
17 Jul 17 / Times Union
Gershwin’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ wows, big-time
16 Jul 17 / Blasting News
'Porgy and Bess' show worth seeing
9 Jul 17 / Times Union
Sweeney Todd

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 9

At Glimmerglass Festival, what was old can sound new again
28 Aug 16 / The Toronto Star
Greer Grimsley is ideal as Sweeney Todd
20 Aug 16 / ConcertoNet (English)
Blameless witches and a wicked barber
17 Aug 16 / Wall Street Journal
Greer Grimsley stars in Christopher Alden’s staging of “Sweeney Todd”
13 Aug 16 / Opera Warhorses
For the most part, this Sweeney Todd is both original and funny. Well played!
3 Aug 16 / DC Theatre Scene
Not playing it safe at Glimmerglass
3 Aug 16 / Syracuse New Times
When musicals become operas
2 Aug 16 / Washington Post
Not new, but darkly up-to-date
26 Jul 16 / New York Times
Just one more murder would have been nice. My vote for the final victim would be Christopher Alden
15 Jul 16 / Times Union
The Crucible

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 8

Powerful and perplexing
20 Aug 16 / ConcertoNet (English)
Blameless witches and a wicked barber
17 Aug 16 / Wall Street Journal
Mulligan, Barton, Zambello, Paiement make the case for “The Crucible”
13 Aug 16 / Opera Warhorses
A moving and powerful production
4 Aug 16 / DC Theatre Scene
Glimmerglass Festival's opera of the Salem witch trials is mesmerizing
2 Aug 16 / New York Upstate
When musicals become operas
2 Aug 16 / Washington Post
Stirring music and drama
27 Jul 16 / Times Union
Not new, but darkly up-to-date
26 Jul 16 / New York Times
La gazza ladra

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 6

Welcome to birdland
20 Aug 16 / ConcertoNet (English)
Gilmore, Angelini, Ngqungwana Take Flight in Rossini’s “Thieving Magpie”
20 Aug 16 / Opera Warhorses
Blameless witches and a wicked barber
17 Aug 16 / Wall Street Journal
Magic was missing in this production
3 Aug 16 / DC Theatre Scene
Not playing it safe at Glimmerglass
3 Aug 16 / Syracuse New Times
'The Thieving Magpie' sparkles at Glimmerglass Opera Festival
20 Jul 16 / New York Upstate
La bohème

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 6

Blameless witches and a wicked barber
17 Aug 16 / Wall Street Journal
Still youthful at age 120
15 Aug 16 / ConcertoNet (English)
The Glimmerglass Festival mounts a youthful “La Boheme”
13 Aug 16 / Opera Warhorses
Nobody can deliver Puccini better than Glimmerglass
3 Aug 16 / DC Theatre Scene
A fresh, emotional experience
21 Jul 16 / New York Upstate
“Boheme” is grand and traditional at Glimmerglass
10 Jul 16 / Times Union
Candide

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 10

Exuberance and dazzle
5 Sep 15 / ConcertoNet (English)
Glimmerglass season shines with vibrant vocal performances
24 Aug 15 / Washington Post
Vivaldi, Mozart and Bernstein in Cooperstown
14 Aug 15 / The Toronto Star
Bernstein’s Candide seems to have more performance versions than Tales of Hoffmann
13 Aug 15 / Opera Today
Celebrating 40 years
4 Aug 15 / Wall Street Journal
“One must be optimistic”
1 Aug 15 / Times Union
A great show, performed with understanding and enthusiasm
1 Aug 15 / Ithica Times
Glimmerglass Festival: no better place for The Magic Flute and Candide
24 Jul 15 / DC Theatre Scene
Glimmerglass’s ‘Candide’ makes political satire satisfying entertainment
24 Jul 15 / CNY Café Momus
A sprightly new production of Bernstein’s musical
22 Jul 15 / Financial Times
Die Zauberflöte

Glimmerglass Festival


No. of reviews: 8

An abundance of charm
5 Sep 15 / ConcertoNet (English)
Vivaldi, Mozart and Bernstein in Cooperstown
14 Aug 15 / The Toronto Star
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News & Articles

Glimmerglass Festival names new leader
Robert Ainsley, who has decades of opera experience as singer, director and administrator and is known for his advocacy for new works, has been named the next artistic and general director of the Glimmerglass Festival.
26 May 2022 / Times Union
Francesca Zambello to depart role at Glimmerglass Festival
Francesca Zambello, artistic and general director of the Glimmerglass Festival, plans to depart the company at the conclusion of the 2022 festival season.
16 Oct 2021 / Opera News
Glimmerglass Festival to stage its operas outdoors this summer
The festival, in Cooperstown, N.Y., plans to resume performances this summer in “the most ventilated area we could find: the great outdoors.”
2 Mar 2021 / New York Times
Glimmerglass Festival cancels 2020 season
The Glimmerglass Festival has announced that it has cancelled all live performances this summer as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
6 May 2020 / Opera News
The Glimmerglass Festival announces 2019 season
As The Glimmerglass Festival prepares to open its 2018 season, the Cooperstown-based opera and musical theater company has announced programming for 2019.
4 Jul 2018 / Broadway World