Bard SummerScape 2011

July 7 – August 21, 2011

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

Seven weeks of cultural events—opera, dance, theater, operetta, films, music, cabaret, and more—tuned to the theme of the works and world of the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

Highlights of SummerScape 2011 include Richard Strauss's opera Die Liebe der Danae and the 22nd annual Bard Music Festival, Sibelius and His World (August 12–14 and 19–21).

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Opera

Die Liebe der Danae

In this unjustly neglected late opera by Richard Strauss, the powerful god Jupiter and the lowly donkey driver Midas compete for the love of the beautiful Danae. Soprano Meagan Miller headlines what is sure to be a highlight of the festival season.
July 29 and August 5 at 7 pm
July 31, August 3, and August 7 at 3 pm
Sosnoff Theater
Tickets: $30, 60, 70, 90

Listen to Leon Botstein's July 31 Opera Talk on Die Liebe der Danae (approx. 60 minutes).

Dance

Tero Saarinen Company

One of Europe's most daring dance troupes performs a triple bill of works.
Sosnoff Theater
July 7, 8, and 9 at 8 pm
July 10 at 3 pm
Tickets: $25, 40, 45, 55

Theater

The Wild Duck

An exquisitely constructed and richly nuanced work, Henrik Ibsen's 1884 tragicomedy has often been called "the master's masterpiece."
July 13, 17, 20, and 24 at 3 pm
July 14–16 and 21–23 at 8 pm
Theater Two
Tickets: $45

Operetta

Bitter Sweet

Music, book, and lyrics by the incomparable Noël Coward.
August 4, 6, and 11 at 8 pm
August 5, 10, and 12–14 at 3 pm
August 7 at 7 pm
Theater Two
Tickets: $55

PLEASE NOTE: All other performances have limited availability.

Film Festival

Before and After Bergman: The Best of Nordic Film

From "golden age" Swedish silents to Bergman and Kaurismäki.
Thursdays and Sundays, July 14 – August 18
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
Tickets: $8

Bard Music Festival

Sibelius and His World

The 22nd Bard Music Festival will focus on the life and times of the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, whose startling, intense compositions evoke a range of powerful and unique associations—an imaginary sonic vision of mythic tales, Nordic landscape, and the haunting sounds of a midsummer night.
August 12-14 and August 19-21

Cabaret and more

Spiegeltent Fun for Everyone

Back by popular demand, the glittering "Mirror Tent" is the stage for a variety of performers, from daring acrobats to saucy cabaret acts to internationally known musicians.