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July 8 - August 21

Your summer plans await! The Glimmerglass Festival is bringing you exciting performances of your favorite operas and musicals, paired with groundbreaking world premieres. All tickets and ticket packages (2+ shows) are available now.
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July 16 – August 21

2022 Carmen

The title character of Carmen is at once familiar and inscrutable — an outsider who acknowledges no law but her own.
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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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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 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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black and white photograph; a pair of arms extends gracefully from flower-like structure

Join us this summer

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

The silhouette of a woman stands at a crossroads.

July 29 – August 20

2022 Double Bill

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

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

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The Jungle Book

Join us for Kamala Sankaram and Kelley Rourke’s fun-filled youth opera, The Jungle Book. Thanks to the Youth Opera Ticket Initiative sponsored by Betsy and Ed Cohen, tickets for youth 12 and younger are free! 

 

 

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A World Premiere

Holy Ground

Holy Ground, a new opera by Damien Geter and Lila Palmer, will have its world premiere as part of the the Double Bill, premiering July 29. This contemporary reimagination of a biblical story foregrounds feminism and choice.

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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 Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson

The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson is a new play by Sandra Seaton with music contributed by Carlos Simon, celebrating the founder of the historic and groundbreaking National Negro Opera Company. Denyce Graves reprises her role in an extended version in a two-night-only presentation in August.

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