Transformative performances from the banks of the Hudson to around the world.
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Vivaldi & Ruhl’s The Seasons
Boston Lyric Opera
March 12–16
Co-conceived by celebrated playwright Sarah Ruhl and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, this innovative work creates a new narrative from Vivaldi arias, ensembles, and excerpts from The Four Seasons, all woven together with dance by choreographer Pam Tanowitz, Fisher Center LAB Choreographer in Residence. Directed by Zack Winokur with music direction by Stephen Stubbs, the piece uses timeless music to find new ways we can draw connections between our emotions and the weather.
Works and Process presentation of BLO’s THE SEASONS. Photo by Titus Ogilvie Laing.
American Symphony Orchestra
2024–25 SEASON
The American Symphony Orchestra (ASO)’s 63rd season features full-orchestra programs at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall (ASO debut), and Carnegie Hall, all conducted by Leon Botstein, President of Bard College.
Tapping into the Twenties
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
March 23
Strauss’s Guntram
Carnegie Hall
June 6
Photo by Matt Dine
Neither Drums nor Trumpets
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, London
March 25 & 26
Set in the historic space of the Royal Opera House, Fisher Center LAB Choreographer-in-Residence Pam Tanowitz’s Neither Drums nor Trumpets explores performing rituals and codified techniques in an unusually layered contemporary collage.
Photo: Lindsey Jones by Mark Garvin.
Ulysses
ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE
CAP UCLA
April 4–5
James Joyce’s Ulysses has fascinated, perplexed, scandalized, and/or defeated readers for over a century. Elevator Repair Service presents a “riveting” (New York Times) new stage adaptation of Joyce’s life-affirming masterpiece—first commissioned for 2024 Bard SummerScape.
Photo by Maria Baranova
Sight and Sound: Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now
METLIVEARTS
In Sight and Sound, The Orchestra Now explores the parallels between orchestral music and the visual arts. Each performance includes a Met curator introduction, a discussion with conductor and music historian Leon Botstein featuring on-screen exhibition images and live musical excerpts, a full performance of the works, and an audience Q&A.
Schumann & Friedrich: Nature in Music and Art
April 13
Fauré, Sargent, & Paris
May 18
Photo by David DeNee
The Search for Power
Tania El Khoury and Ziad Abu-Rish
REDCAT • Los Angeles
A Co-Production with the Fisher Center at Bard
May 29 – June 8
The Search for Power is an interactive installation and lecture performance featuring the artist, the historian, and the audience, investigating the history of power outages in Lebanon.
The Orchestra Now
2024–25 Free Concerts Series
The Orchestra Now continues its series of free concerts, offering music lovers of all ages an exciting opportunity to hear a wide range of orchestral music.
Joan Tower & Tchaikovsky’s 5th
Peter Norton Symphony Space
March 23
Photo by David DeNee
Maestro
The Orchestra Now is featured in the Netflix film Maestro, starring Bradley Cooper as the renowned composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.
TŌN was selected to perform Beethoven’s 8th Symphony at Tanglewood in the film, with Cooper-as-Bernstein conducting, which is also included on the Deutsche Grammophon release of the film’s original soundtrack, conducted by Metropolitan Opera Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Maestro is available to stream on Netflix, and the original soundtrack album is available on CD, vinyl, and digital platforms.
