{"id":1815,"date":"2024-11-19T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2024\/2024\/11\/19\/opera-saratoga-announces-64th-summer-season-for-may-20-june-29\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T15:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:10:00","slug":"opera-saratoga-announces-64th-summer-season-for-may-20-june-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2024\/2024\/11\/19\/opera-saratoga-announces-64th-summer-season-for-may-20-june-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera Saratoga Announces 64th Summer Season for May 20 – June 29"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Opera Saratoga based out of Saratoga Springs<\/a> has announced their 64th Summer Season which runs from May 20 – June 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Offenbach, Meilhac & Hal\u00e9vy\u2019s sparkling, witty, and electric La Vie Parisienne takes us to the heart of the demi-monde in 1860s Paris where two bachelors play tour guide to a Swedish Baron and Baroness. They showcase the Paris of their imagination, complete with visits to dives that they claim are fancy palaces and meetings with friends who are disguised as aristocrats. La Vie Parisienne is social critique at its most hilarious. You will leave the theater humming catchy patter songs and raucous party numbers. This show includes four performances at Universal Preservation Hall on June 20, 26 & 28 at 7:30 pm and June 22 at 2:00 pm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offenbach\u2019s romp runs in repertory with Bock, Harnick & Masteroff\u2019s jewel-box musical She Loves Me. Famous for tunes like \u201cVanilla Ice Cream\u201d, \u201cShe Loves Me\u201d, and \u201cIt\u2019s Been Grand Knowing You\u201d, this sweet story focuses on two employees in a Budapest parfumerie who are sworn enemies during the day but unsuspecting lonely hearts penpals at night. This show consists of five performances at Universal Preservation Hall June 21, 25, 27 at 7:30 pm and June 28 & 29 at 2:00 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Earlier in the month, the company will produce a site-specific installation version of In a Grove composed by Chris Cerrone with libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann. This operatic adaptation of Akutagawa\u2019s classic short story \u201cIn a Grove\u201d which inspired the plot of Kurosawa\u2019s renowned film Rashomon, offers a searing investigation into the impossibility and elusiveness of truth. This show takes flight with four performances at the Ferndell Pavilion in Saratoga Spa State Park on May 28 at 5:00 pm, 7:00 pm, and May 29 at 5:00 pm, 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finally, the company will present a work-in-progress showing of composer Emma O\u2019Halloran and librettist Naomi O\u2019Connell\u2019s A Mass for Women in Bathrooms. This opera-theater work for three singers, an actress and electronic sound design by Alex Dowling reframes the structure of the Irish Catholic Mass to tell an intimate family story of three sisters and their mother. A story born from personal experience, A Mass for Women in Bathrooms examines themes of infertility, reproductive rights, and dementia, while reclaiming bodily autonomy for women in a historically violent space. This project is funded in part by the Arts Council of Ireland. This show airs with two work-in-progress performances at Universal Preservation Hall on June 22 at 7:30 pm and June 27 at 2:00 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on the Opera Saratoga Summer Series and to purchase tickets click here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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