The Glimmerglass Festival is participating in Opportunities for Otsego’s Holiday Basket Program to help put food on the table of families in need. Stop by our administrative building behind the Alice Busch Opera Theater from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. … Continue reading
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The Glimmerglass Festival celebrated National Opera Week, October 29 through November 7, with OPERA-tion Arts – a free education project that translated what area second graders learned about opera into visual art. In preparation of National Opera Week, Glimmerglass staffers … Continue reading
Tonight we open the OPERA-tion Arts Gallery at The Smithy with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. The artwork of second grade students from Cooperstown, Cherry Valley-Springfield, Milford and Richfield Springs central schools hangs in The Smithy at … Continue reading
We kicked off OPERA-tion Arts this week with our first visit to an area school. The Glimmerglass Festival, in cooperation with The Smithy-Pioneer Gallery, is celebrating National Opera Week, October 29 through November 7, with OPERA-tion Arts, a free education … Continue reading
Glimmerglass Opera is collaborating with the Adirondack Museum to present “They Heard America Singing” on August 17. Enjoy a box supper, early 20th-century American music, and the incomparable views that surround the Adirondack Museum. Join Glimmerglass Young American Artists Jamilyn … Continue reading
Last weekend, Glimmerglass actually had two performances in one night. One was our production of Tolomeo. Later the same evening (not to be confused with our 2011 production, Later The Same Evening), our Young American Artists and music staff descended … Continue reading
National Opera Week, organized by OPERA America and the NEA, continues through November 22. In honor of this inaugural event, Glimmerglass Opera worked with second graders in the area to create opera quilts that are hanging in nearby grocery stores. … Continue reading
On Friday afternoon, four Young American Artists, accompanied by pianist Jonathan Kelly, sang at a master class with Mary Dunleavy, the festival’s Violetta in La Traviata. Open to the public, the class was held at the Fenimore Art Museum in … Continue reading
The company’s first Chili & Cornbread Cook-off was held yesterday to support the Springfield Fire Department. Competition was tough with 16 chili and 10 cornbread entires. Attendees voted for their favorite entries with loose change and bills. The evening raised … Continue reading
Springfield Center just had its 95th Fourth of July parade. Among the plethora of firetrucks and children was our “Field of Dreams” float. Adorned with costumed interns and staff, cornstalks transformed an old truck bed into a traveling stage. While watching … Continue reading
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