The Festival invites you to immerse yourself in myth, mystery, and adventure as the repertory for the 2024 season explores the connection between identity and illusion. Mainstage productions will include Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, Cavalli’s La Calisto, Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, and Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s Elizabeth Cree.
The 2024 Festival will also feature the world premiere of the youth opera Rumpelstiltskin and the Unlovable Children by Jens Ibsen and Cecelia Raker and an exciting new works initiative called Project Pipeline. Curated by Artistic & General Director Rob Ainsley, Project Pipeline will give voice to rising artists while giving patrons an inside glimpse at the creative process.
There are many great reasons to buy a Glimmerglass Festival Ticket Package! Get the best seats at the best price and even buy now and pay later.
Renew your 2024 Ticket Package today by calling the Box Office at (607) 547-2255.
2025 Ticket Packages will go on sale October 7th, 2025.
July 22nd, 2024 -- August 20th, 2024
The 2024 Festival reimagined identity and illusion through four unforgettable mainstage productions, along with the launch of new community initiatives that enriched the experience for all.
Painting | Emily Falco
July 22, 2024 – August 19, 2024
A Gilbert & Sullivan classic combining soaring vocal lines and slapstick comedy. This colorful, family-friendly musical features elegant Victorian ladies, an aristocratic band of pirates stuck in perpetual adolescence, and a modern major general.
Painting | Emily Falco
July 27, 2024 – August 18, 2024
When passions ignite among a troupe of traveling players, the offstage drama spills into the performance in this new production of Pagliacci. Ruggero Leoncavallo’s comedy/thriller, inspired by a true crime report, contains two complete and overlapping stories in one compact work: a farce performed by a troupe of “pagliacci,” or clowns, and an all-too-real drama of jealous love.
Painting | Emily Falco
July 23, 2024 – August 17, 2024
La Calisto was conceived to deliver maximum entertainment to its discerning Venetian public, resulting in a hilarious caper full of mistaken identities, raunchy trysts, and celestial magic.
Painting | Emily Falco
July 28, 2024 – August 20, 2024
Elizabeth Cree is a work that combines the factual with the fictive and the historical with the imaginary. Initially written for a small chamber ensemble, Elizabeth Cree will be performed with an expanded string complement at Glimmerglass.
August 6 – 11
With a modern take on the fairytale classic exploring how our chosen family can help us reach even our most unconventional dreams.
August 15
Experience an extraordinary evening of music led by our 2024 Artist-in-residence, Tara Erraught. Together with Young Artists, Erraught will guide this intimate concert that promises an immersive journey through diverse musical landscapes.
July 26, 2024
Join Kevin Puts, Mark Campbell, Kelly Kuo, and Alison Moritz for a captivating discussion about the creative process.
August 12
Join us for an exclusive first showing of The House on Mango Street, an opera in its developmental stages.
Photo by Brent Delanoy
Neighbors of Glimmerglass can now enjoy the 2024 Festival experience at a special discounted rate! Neighbors' Nights is a new program designed to extend a heartfelt thank you to the Festival's community with the opportunity to immerse themselves in the enchantment of live opera at a special discounted price. Become enthralled by the high stakes drama of Pagliacci, or laugh along to the hilarious antics in The Pirates of Penzance during Thursday night performances in August. Join us in celebrating ...
Photo by Karli Cadel
July 27 – August 18
Performed on a new outdoor stage, Lyrics on the Lawn is a series of pre-show concerts performed one hour before Pagliacci performances. A delightful mix of lively music and humor-packed theatrics, Lyrics on the Lawn is free of charge and open to the public. Holly Adams, The Glimmerglass Festival’s 2024 “clown-in-residence,” along with Festival dancers, will guide the audience through scenes featuring colorful characters from inside the story of Pagliacci
Photo | Brent DeLanoy
July 26, 2024 – August 16, 2024
Enjoy dinner, drinks, and conversation with friends and artists from the 2024 Festival. The Horned Dorset will cater all Festival Dinners.
Photo: Evan Zimmerman
July 28, 2024 – August 11, 2024
Get a sneak peek of the 2025 Festival season from Artistic & General Director Rob Ainsley and members of the 2024 Young Artists Program while you enjoy a delicious brunch catered by The Horned Dorset.
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