Opera Saratoga Announces 60th Anniversary Summer Festival
Opera Saratoga will present MAN OF LA MANCHA featuring Broadway and Opera star Zachary James in the role of Cervantes / Don Quixote.by Chloe Rabinowitz
Opera Saratoga has announced today the company s return to the stage for its 60th Anniversary with a season of performances inspired by the iconic novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. Working closely with a team of medical professionals and a dedicated COVID Safety Officer, Opera Saratoga is committed to bringing audiences and artists together safely for the 2021 Summer Festival, which will be produced outdoors during June and July in partnership with the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Spa State Park, and Pitney Meadows Community Farm to provide three unique performance spaces for audiences to safely enjoy two fully staged productions and a special concert.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. â As the community marks one year since performing arts venues were shuttered due to COVID-19, local leaders are looking forward to presenting live entertainment again soon.
In a recent panel discussion titled âPlanning To Go Liveâ at Caffe Lena and livestreamed to an online audience, officials from Caffe Lena, Opera Saratoga, and Saratoga Performing Arts Center spoke about the future of entertainment in the Saratoga Springs area.
Panelists Elizabeth Sobol of SPAC, Lawrence Edelson of Opera Saratoga, and Sarah Craig of Caffe Lena all shared some insight into their reevaluation processes, the maze of decisions they are navigating this spring and the long term impacts of the ongoing pandemic on their organizations - as well as whatâs on the horizon as the industry at large reopens.
Living through a pandemic - in their words
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SPAC, Glimmerglass and other arts venues are making summer plans. Plan A. Plan B. Plan C.
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Classical Notes: Musical programs cautiously eye summer
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