Spend a day at the opera in Cooperstown with a performance of Francesca Zambello’s spectacular production of Candide at the Glimmerglass Festival! Enjoy orchestra seating in the Alice Busch Opera Theater for this great American musical where Voltaire’s biting wit, Bernstein’s toe-tapping, heart-warming melodies, and a barrel-load of laughs make for a wild ride across the “best of all possible worlds.” En route, Walter Carrol will provide an enlightening lecture on the music and artistry of this production. A pre-concert lunch is provided Since its opening in 1987, the Alice Busch Opera Theater has been home to more than 100 productions, many of which have been world premieres.
Glimmerglass Opera came into being through the efforts of Cooperstown residents – musicians, artists, educators and lovers of the art form – who hoped to bring opera to their community. The company presented its first season in the Nicholas J. Sterling Auditorium of the Cooperstown High School in the summer of 1975 and opened its current in June 1987.
Guide: Jeanne Fontaine
Monday, August 7
Depart: 8 am; return: 7:30 pm
Includes tour, reserved orchestra seating, lunch, bus transportation and gratuities
