The Glimmerglass Festival’s exhilarating 50th anniversary season centers artists and creators, celebrates opera and musical theater legends, and introduces a thrilling world premiere opera based on a beloved book.
Mainstage productions will include Tosca (Puccini/Illica & Giacosa), Sunday in The Park With George (Sondheim/Sondheim & Lapine), The Rake’s Progress (Stravinsky/Auden & Kallman), the World Premiere of The House on Mango Street (Bermel/Cisneros), based on the classic book. The Festival is also proud to bring former Artistic Director Francesca Zambello’s acclaimed original production of Odyssey (Moore/Rourke) to the Alice Busch Opera Theater for the first time.
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July 11 – August 16
Tosca, a tempestuous diva, lives for art—and for love. When Cavaradossi, her lover and a revolutionary painter, is targeted by Rome’s corrupt chief of police, Tosca is determined to save him—but at what price? Puccini’s lush score, written on the heels of La bohème, contrasts moments of exquisite tenderness with heart-stopping sonic spectacle.
July 12, 2025 – August 17, 2025
Inspired by Georges Seurat’s groundbreaking painting, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, this musical is a meditation on the artistic process, seen through the eyes of Georges Seurat in 1884 and an imagined great-grandson, also an artist, in 1984. Nominated for 10 Tony Awards and Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Sondheim’s innovative score explores pointillism in sound before opening out into one of the most glorious choral finales in the repertory.
July 18 – August 16
The House on Mango Street, a coming-of-age classic, has been acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world. Novelist Sandra Cisneros, winner of the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, has teamed up with Grammy-nominated composer Derek Bermel for an opera inspired by her beloved book, which unfolds in a series of episodes seen through the eyes of a young girl. Through a series of interactions, which range from fascinating to funny to frightening, she comes to understand that storytelling is the medicine she can offer her community — and herself.
July 19, 2025 - August 15, 2025
A debonair stranger, Nick Shadow, appears to Tom Rakewell and tempts him with the chance to reimagine his future. As Nick conjures a series of enticing adventures for Tom, Anne Trulove fights for Tom’s salvation. Written in Stravinsky’s neoclassical period, Stravinsky’s only full-length opera score sparkles with elegant vocal writing and lively dance rhythms.
August 3 – 8, 2025
The first of six youth operas (and counting) commissioned by the Festival, Odyssey has traveled to stages across the country in the years following its premiere to standing-room crowds in 2015. Packed with rollicking choruses, tender ballads, and an irresistible siren song, this one-hour opera for all ages offers an engaging, fast-paced introduction to one of the greatest epics of all time.
July 31, 2025
Prepare for an unforgettable evening of song and story as the legendary Bernadette Peters takes the stage!
August 14, 2025
Experience an unforgettable concert led by 2025 Artists-in-Residence Greer Grimsley and Luretta Bybee alongside Glimmerglass Young Artists.
July 18, 2025
Join composer/librettist Derek Bermel and author/librettist Sandra Cisneros for an insightful conversation about creating The House on Mango Street.
July 11 - August 15, 2025
Enjoy dinner, drinks, and conversation with friends and artists from the 2025 Festival.
July 20 - August 10, 2025
Get a sneak peek of the 2026 Festival season from Artistic & General Director Rob Ainsley and members of the 2025 Young Artists Program.
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