Previous Seasons
2020
FROM STAGE TO SCREEN: THE SHOW MUST GO ON(LINE)
A Virtual Concert Premiering on Vimeo
August 28
LAURA WILDE, soprano
JOANNA LATINI, soprano
NATALIA SANTALIZ, soprano
JOSHUA BLUE, tenor
BRIAN JAMES MYER, baritone
ANDRÉ COURVILLE, bass-baritone
JOHN CHEEK, bass-baritone
ERIK ANSTINE, bass
THE TRIAL OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY
A Seven Movement Song Cycle
October 26 - World Premiere on YouTube
ADRIANA ZABALA, mezzo-soprano
MYRA HUANG, piano
STEVEN MARK KOHN, composer & librettist
Co-Produced with ADA Artist Management, Opera Austin,
Opera Minnesota, Colorado Opera, and Opera San Diego
Live talkback followed the YouTube premiere, featuring
the artists and special guests Deborah Hughes, Sharon Nelson,
Elaine Weiss, and moderated by tenor Lawrence Brownlee
Supported in part by a Projects Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council
2019
DON PASQUALE
by Gaetano Donizetti
August 24, 27, and 30
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington
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© Ken Howard
SAVOR THE SOUND
An Evening of Bel Canto
August 14, Saint James Place, Great Barrington
DEANNA BREIWICK and PAULINA
SWIERCZEK, sopranos
MATTHEW GRILLS, tenor
EMMETT O'HANLON and SIDDHARTH
DUBEY, baritones
CRAIG COLCLOUGH, bass-baritone
ANDREW SUN, piano
AIN'T IT A PRETTY NIGHT
Excerpts from American Opera
August 8, Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield
CAROLINE WORRA, soprano
JOHN RIESEN, tenor
LYNN BAKER, piano
2018
RIGOLETTO
by Giuseppe Verdi
August 25, 28, and 31, Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield
MEET JOE GREEN
A Concert of Music by Giuseppe Verdi
August 15, Saint James Place, Great Barrington
MARIA VALDES and VIRA SLYWOTZKY, sopranos
MAYA LAHYANI, mezzo-soprano
JONATHAN TETELMAN and JOSHUA SANDERS, tenors
SEBASTIAN CATANA and NICHOLAS MARTORANO, baritones
JOSEPH BARRON and JOHN CHEEK, bass-baritones
DJORDJE NESIC and NICHOLAS ROEHLER, piano
2017
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
by Richard Strauss
August 26, 29, and September 1, Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield
GODS & MONSTERS
A Concert by Cast Members of Ariadne auf Naxos and the Berkshire Opera Festival Chorus, featuring the World Premiere Performance of Evan Jay Williams's From the Latin
August 8, Saint James Place, Great Barrington
MARCY STONIKAS, CHRISTINE LYONS, and JENI HOUSER, sopranos
ADRIANA ZABALA and REBECCA RINGLE, mezzo-sopranos
KEVIN RAY and SPENCER VIATOR, tenors
KYLE PFORTMILLER, baritone
MATTHEW SCOLLIN, bass-baritone
BRIAN GARMAN, conductor
KEITH CHAMBERS, piano
RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARY
A Recital of Songs by Richard Strauss
August 16, Ventfort Hall, Lenox
NICOLE HASLETT and VIRA SLYWOTZKY, sopranos
CHRIS CARR, tenor
SAMUEL SCHULTZ, baritone
BRIAN GARMAN, piano
2016
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
by Giacomo Puccini
August 27, 30, and September 2, Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield
THE "UNKNOWN" PUCCINI
A Recital of Songs by Giacomo Puccini
August 16, First Congregational Church, Stockbridge
SARAH LARSEN, mezzo-soprano
THEO LEBOW, tenor
BENJAMIN TAYLOR, baritone
BRIAN GARMAN, piano and organ
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS
A Recital of Songs by Female Composers of Puccini's Time
Songs by Amy Beach, Cécile Chaminade, and Dame Ethel Smyth
August 10, Ventfort Hall, Lenox
VIRA SLYWOTZKY, soprano
KATHERINE MAYSEK, mezzo-soprano
WESTON HURT, baritone
JOHN CHEEK, bass
DAVID SYTKOWSKI, piano
