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Join us this summer

July 8 - August 21

Your summer plans await! Warmer months will be here before you know it. And that means, The Glimmerglass Festival will be bringing you exciting performances of your favorite operas and musicals, paired with groundbreaking world premieres. Ticket packages (2+ shows) available now. All tickets available January 24.
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July 19 – August 18

2022 Tenor Overboard

Famed comic playwright Ken Ludwig (Lend Me A Tenor, Crazy for You) has written a brand new opera filled to the brim with rare Rossini masterpieces. All aboard the S.S. Lindoro for a voyage full of high spirits, high notes and a boatload of singers, suitors and a glamorous starlet.
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July 16 – August 21

2022 Carmen

The titular character of Carmen is at once familiar and inscrutable — an outsider who acknowledges no law but her own.
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July 8 – August 19

2022 The Sound of Music

The hills are alive with this classic story of Maria, a young woman who leaves the nunnery for a job as a governess for naval captain Georg von Trapp.
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July 29 – August 20

2022 Double Bill

A double bill: Taking Up Serpents, an original story that calls into question faith, family, and destiny, with shocking results, paired with Holy Ground, a world premiere opera parked at the intersection of satirical fantasy and divine comedy.

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black and white photograph; a pair of arms extends gracefully from flower-like structure

Join us this summer

Passenger ship on maiden voyage. M/S Stockholm arrives in the port of New York on march 1 1948 from Gothenburg. People are standing and waving at from the quay.

July 19 – August 18

2022 Tenor Overboard

black and white photograph of a person with dark-colored skin facing away from the camera in a form-fitting dress with a wreath of flowers surrounding their right side.

July 16 – August 21

2022 Carmen

Woman holds a sheer blanket up as it is caught in the wind with a sense of freedom. Photo: Niki Boon

July 8 – August 19

2022 The Sound of Music

The silhouette of a woman stands at a crossroads.

July 29 – August 20

2022 Double Bill

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Looking Ahead

Ticket Packages (2+ shows) are on sale now. All tickets go on sale January 24, 2022.

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The Jungle Book...Book

Join us for this fun-filled companion to Kamala Sankaram and Kelley Rourke’s youth opera, The Jungle Book, which premieres this summer on the Glimmerglass stage! This preview features a narrated illustrated children’s book paired with musical excerpts from the opera that premieres this summer.

 

 

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We are hiring! We are looking to fill several positions, from carpenters to artistic administrators, and we want you! Click through to learn more about joining the Glimmerglass team.

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Our Commitment to Community

We envision a world of opera and the arts in which all people see themselves and their stories reflected, and all have the ability to reach their full potential. We strive to be leaders in the realization of that vision.

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The Knock

On Veteran’s Day, we released the world premiere of our film, The Knock, a one-act opera by Aleksandra Vrebalov and Deborah Brevoort that tells the story of a group of military wives awaiting news of their deployed husbands.

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