Program Six: Grand Opera before Wagner

4:30 pm Preconcert Talk: Heather Hadlock
5:30 pm Performance: Nicole Cabell, soprano; Philippe Castagner, tenor; Brandon Jovanovich, tenor; Olga Makarina, soprano; Christian van Horn, bass; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; members of the American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director

Excerpts from operas by:
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782–1871)
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864)
Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)
Giovanni Pacini (1796–1867)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)
Fromental Halèvy (1799–1862)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801–35)

Tickets: $25, 40, 55