SummerScape 2024
JUNE 20 – AUGUST 18
“A hothouse for the creation of uncompromising, cross-disciplinary hits.” —The New York Times
Join us for eight weeks of opera, theater, dance, music, Spiegeltent, and the 34th Bard Music Festival, Berlioz and His World.
Photo by Maria Baranova
SUMMERSCAPE OPERA
Le prophète
New Production
by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps
Directed by Christian Räth
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein
“Botstein, and his annual opera production at Bard, seem more invaluable by the year.” —The New York Times
Religion, power, ego, and manipulation collide in composer Giacomo Meyerbeer’s glorious psychodrama. Director Christian Räth (Die schweigsame Frau, 2022 and Das Wunder der Heliane, 2019) returns for a third SummerScape to lead a visionary new production of a grand opera with colorful vocal passages, inventive orchestrations, and a catastrophic end.
July 26 – August 4
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SPECIAL EVENT: OPERA PREMIERE PARTY
Before the curtain rises on the much-anticipated new production of Le prophète, join like-minded opera aficionados in the Spiegeltent for a sip with some savories and sweets.
July 26
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The 34th Bard Music Festival
Berlioz and His World
The Bard Music Festival returns for its 34th season with an exploration of the life and work of Hector Berlioz (1803–1869), one of the defining Romantic composers of the 19th century.
Weekend One • August 9–11
Revolutionary Spectacle and Romantic Passion
Weekend Two • August 15–18
Music and the Literary Imagination
Artwork: Hector Berlioz, André Gill, 1860
SUMMER SOIRÉE
Celebrate the season at our annual Summer Soirée at Blithewood, a turn-of-the-century mansion overlooking the Hudson River. The afternoon includes performances, signature cocktails, light fare, and a guaranteed good time.
August 17
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The Spiegeltent
The spectacular Spiegeltent returns to SummerScape, offering sumptuous summer weekends of dazzling performances, drinks, and dancing. Longtime favorites and first-time faces create a summer-long party with a program curated by Caleb Hammons that offers something for everyone. World-renowned live artist and Spiegeltent favorite Adrienne Truscott will delight audiences as the season’s emcee.
Join us for performances by Monét X Change, Susanne Bartsch, Sandra Bernhard, Justin Vivian Bond, Ari Shapiro, Nona Hendryx, Larry Owens, Mali Obomsawin, Michela Marino Lerman’s Love Movement, Sunny Jain, Milo Cramer ’12 and Morgan Green ’12, and more!
June 28 – August 17
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SummerScape Savings
Choose three or more SummerScape or Bard Music Festival programs and save 25%.
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Members Get More
Our members support world-class performing arts and enjoy a variety of discounts and benefits* throughout the year, such as waived fees, early access to tickets, invitations to parties and special events, including:
- Saturday, July 20 • Open House/Backstage Tour
- Friday, August 2 • Le prophète Maestro Dinner
- Saturday, August 10 • Bard Music Festival Book Launch
- August 10–11 and 17–18 • Bard Music Festival Patron Lounge
For more information on member events or to RSVP, email us or call 845-758-7987.
*Benefits vary by member level.
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Coach Transportation
Chartered coach transportation from New York City is available for select SummerScape and Bard Music Festival programs.
To book round-trip transportation for select SummerScape 2024 performances, you may order online, or call the Box Office at 845-758-7900.
Photo by Aya Rebai HRA ’24
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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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