Bard SummerScape 2010

July 8 – August 22, 2010

"It has long been one of the most intellectually stimulating of all American summer festivals and frequently is one of the most musically satisfying." —Wall Street Journal

Seven weeks of opera, theater, dance, music, film, and cabaret, including

• Franz Schreker’s beautiful, influential 1910 opera The Distant Sound (Der ferne Klang), directed by Thaddeus Strassberger (director of SummerScape 2009’s Les Huguenots)
• Dance
• Theater
• Operetta
• Film Festival
• Spiegeltent Evening Cabaret and Family Fare shows and
• The 21st Annual Bard Music Festival: Berg and His World

Opera

The Distant Sound (Der ferne Klang)

The first staged production in North America of Franz Schreker's glorious 1910 opera.
July 30 and August 6 at 7 pm
August 1 and 4 at 3 pm
Sosnoff Theater
Tickets: $25, 55, 75

Listen to Leon Botstein's August 1 Opera Talk on The Distant Sound (approx. 60 minutes).
Opera Talks are presented in memory of Sylvia Redlick Green.

Chamber Opera

The Chocolate Soldier

Oscar Straus's delightful 1908 operetta is an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
August 5–7, 12, and 13 at 8 pm
August 8, 11*, 14, and 15 at 3 pm
Theater Two
Tickets: $45

Listen to James Bagwell and William Everett's August 8 Opera Talk on The Chocolate Soldier (approx. 45 minutes).
Opera Talks are presented in memory of Sylvia Redlick Green.

Bard Music Festival

Berg and His World

August 13–15 and August 20–22, 2010
Performances, panel discussions, preconcert talks, and films examine the music and world of the influential Austrian composer Alban Berg (1885–1935).

Film Festival

The Best of G. W. Pabst

An intriguing series of German expressionism and American film noir.
Thursdays and Sundays, July 15 ­ ­- August 19, at 7 pm
Ottaway Film Center
Tickets: $8

Live Music

Spiegeltent: Thursday Night Live

Hosted by WKZE Radio Archaeology DJ Raissa St. Pierre, Thursday Night Live features an eclectic range of live music—honky tonk, country sounds, African music, art rock—by performers from as far as Timbuktu and as close as the Catskills. 
Thursdays, 8:30 pm (tent closes at 11 pm)
$10 (pay at the door)

Cabaret

Spiegeltent: Evening Cabaret

Colorful entertainment with a downtown edge! Friday and Saturday evenings at the Spiegeltent are dedicated to cabaret for hip audiences.
Friday and Saturday at 8:30 pm
Tickets: $25

SpiegelClub

SpiegelClub

SpiegelClub offers a late-night bar and dance floor with New York City and local Hudson Valley DJs spinning a variety of tunes on a state-of-the-art sound and lighting system.
Friday and Saturday, 10 pm (tent closes at 1 am)
$5 admission (pay at the door; waived for SummerScape ticket holders, 21+ only)

Family Fare

Spiegeltent: Afternoon Family Fare

Entertainment of every stripe for audiences of all ages by singers, dancers, puppeteers, magicians, and combinations thereof—including the crowd-pleasing Bindlestiff Family Cirkus.
Saturday and Sunday at 3:30 pm
Tickets: $15 ($5 children 3 and older)

Dining

Dine at the Spiegeltent

Casual summer fare, à la carte—burgers from the grill, fresh salads, gourmet ice cream, microbrewed beer, local wine, and more, sourced locally whenever possible.
Lunch: Saturday and Sunday, 1-3 pm
Dinner: Thursday through Sunday, 5:30-8 pm