See you next year for the 22nd Bard SummerScape!
JUNE – AUGUST 2025
THEATER • DANCE • OPERA • SPIEGELTENT • BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL
Described as “a hothouse for the creation of uncompromising, cross-disciplinary hits” (New York Times), Bard SummerScape is an annual summer arts festival.
SummerScape Opera
Dalibor
“Botstein, and his annual opera production at Bard, seem more invaluable by the year.” —The New York Times
Bard SummerScape’s history of presenting noteworthy operatic rarities continues in 2025 with Bedřich Smetana’s Dalibor.
Image c/o Encyclopedia Britannica
The 35th Bard Music Festival
Martinů and His World
The Bard Music Festival returns for its 35th season with an exploration of the life and work of composer Bohuslav Martinů (1890 – 1959).
Image c/o Bohuslav Martinů Centre, Polička
The Spiegeltent
LIVE MUSIC • PERFORMANCE • DANCING
JUNE – AUGUST 2025
Join us for sumptuous summer weekends of dazzling performances, drinks, and dancing.
Photo by Maria Baranova
Visit the Fisher Center
The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College is located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in the beautiful Hudson Valley, about 90 miles north of New York City and 220 miles southwest of Boston.
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