THE GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL The Glimmerglass Experience. The Glimmerglass Festival is a summer-long celebration of the arts that (when not in a pandemic) features a full schedule of live performances, events and discussions The Festival is truly a one-of-a-kind summer destination. PLANS FOR SUMMER 2021 ANNOUNCED Cooperstown, New York (March 1, 2021) — The Glimmerglass Festival, the summer opera and musical theater festival in Cooperstown, New York, has announced plans for the summer of 2021 in the wake of its 2020 season cancelation due to COVID-19. The Festival, which typically performs in its intimate, 915-seat theater, will bring its

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CATEGORY: 2021 FESTIVAL The Glimmerglass Festival PO Box 191 7300 State Highway 80 Cooperstown, NY 13326. Box Office: (607) 547-2255. Administrative Office: (607) 547-0700 CALENDAR | THE GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL Calendar. We just announced plans for the summer, Glimmerglass on the Grass, where we will take our performances outdoors. Click here to view the calendar on one page. We have limited the number of Squares we can sell due to current New York State regulations. If you would like to be alerted if we can open capacity, please visit www WAITLIST | THE GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL Waitlist. Due to current New York State regulations, we must limit the number of people in the audience at each performance. We have begun a waitlist in the hopes that these restrictions will be lifted. The waitlist is currently closed; we are contacting those who have already signed up this week and will open availability to the general public

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Glimmerglass on the Grass. Important to note: Due to New York State current regulations (March 16, 2021), seating for Glimmerglass on the Grass will be offered at a limited capacity. Additionally, audience members must present confirmation of either a recent negative Covid-19 test or a Covid-19 vaccination series completed at least 14 days

IL TROVATORE

Il Trovatore. Conflicting stories about the past are at the heart of Verdi’s Il Trovatore, an epic tale of love and revenge with a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano. Co-directed by Francesca Zambello and Eric Sean Fogel, conducted by Joseph Colaneri, and with costume design by Christelle Matou, this 90-minute adaptation foregrounds the plight

GODS AND MORTALS

Gods and Mortals celebrates the work of Richard Wagner with selections from some of his most popular operas, including The Ring Cycle and Tannhäuser, as well as some of his lesser-known works like Die Feen (The Fairies). “At a time when the world can feel strikingly small — confined to a bedroom and a laptop — Wagner’s grand works remind us of feeling larger-than-life. THE PASSION OF MARY CARDWELL DAWSON The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson is a new play with music, celebrating the founder of the historic and groundbreaking National Negro Opera Company and starring acclaimed mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves in the title role. The work includes selections from the repertory of the National Negro Opera Company, as well as original music by Carlos Simon to a text by playwright Sandra Seaton.

FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO

The Glimmerglass Festival PO Box 191 7300 State Highway 80 Cooperstown, NY 13326. Box Office: (607) 547-2255. Administrative Office: (607) 547-0700 THE GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL The Glimmerglass Experience. The Glimmerglass Festival is a summer-long celebration of the arts that (when not in a pandemic) features a full schedule of live performances, events and discussions The Festival is truly a one-of-a-kind summer destination. PLANS FOR SUMMER 2021 ANNOUNCED Cooperstown, New York (March 1, 2021) — The Glimmerglass Festival, the summer opera and musical theater festival in Cooperstown, New York, has announced plans for the summer of 2021 in the wake of its 2020 season cancelation due to COVID-19. The Festival, which typically performs in its intimate, 915-seat theater, will bring its

performances

CATEGORY: 2021 FESTIVAL The Glimmerglass Festival PO Box 191 7300 State Highway 80 Cooperstown, NY 13326. Box Office: (607) 547-2255. Administrative Office: (607) 547-0700 CALENDAR | THE GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL Calendar. We just announced plans for the summer, Glimmerglass on the Grass, where we will take our performances outdoors. Click here to view the calendar on one page. We have limited the number of Squares we can sell due to current New York State regulations. If you would like to be alerted if we can open capacity, please visit www WAITLIST | THE GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL Waitlist. Due to current New York State regulations, we must limit the number of people in the audience at each performance. We have begun a waitlist in the hopes that these restrictions will be lifted. The waitlist is currently closed; we are contacting those who have already signed up this week and will open availability to the general public

SEATING CHART

Glimmerglass on the Grass. Important to note: Due to New York State current regulations (March 16, 2021), seating for Glimmerglass on the Grass will be offered at a limited capacity. Additionally, audience members must present confirmation of either a recent negative Covid-19 test or a Covid-19 vaccination series completed at least 14 days

IL TROVATORE

Il Trovatore. Conflicting stories about the past are at the heart of Verdi’s Il Trovatore, an epic tale of love and revenge with a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano. Co-directed by Francesca Zambello and Eric Sean Fogel, conducted by Joseph Colaneri, and with costume design by Christelle Matou, this 90-minute adaptation foregrounds the plight

GODS AND MORTALS

Gods and Mortals celebrates the work of Richard Wagner with selections from some of his most popular operas, including The Ring Cycle and Tannhäuser, as well as some of his lesser-known works like Die Feen (The Fairies). “At a time when the world can feel strikingly small — confined to a bedroom and a laptop — Wagner’s grand works remind us of feeling larger-than-life. THE PASSION OF MARY CARDWELL DAWSON The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson is a new play with music, celebrating the founder of the historic and groundbreaking National Negro Opera Company and starring acclaimed mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves in the title role. The work includes selections from the repertory of the National Negro Opera Company, as well as original music by Carlos Simon to a text by playwright Sandra Seaton.

FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO

The Glimmerglass Festival PO Box 191 7300 State Highway 80 Cooperstown, NY 13326. Box Office: (607) 547-2255. Administrative Office: (607) 547-0700 ALL EVENTS | THE GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL July 11 - August 25. The Glimmerglass Festival will not host any live performances in summer 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The well-being of the Glimmerglass Festival community has guided our decisions, and always will. In the months ahead, we will redouble our efforts in three key areas: safety, education, and community. Learn

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PEOPLE | THE GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL People. The Glimmerglass Festival employs more than 350 people in the course of a single season. The core of the company is about 20 full-time, year-round staff members, amplified by seasonal staff and interns leading up to and including the summer Festival. Francesca Zambello. Artistic & General Director. CONTACT US | THE GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL 18 Chestnut Street | Cooperstown, NY 13326. Administrative Offices (607) 547-0700 | Box Office (607) 547-2255. info@glimmerglass.org.

2019 FESTIVAL

In this intimate look at the reality of an unimaginable loss, we see a loving community of fellow police officers, friends and church console and galvanize the couple as they navigate prejudice and grief. More events, concerts and guest appearances will be announced. Renew your subscription for 2019 at our Box Office or by calling (607) 547-2255. VOLUNTEER | THE GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL The Glimmerglass Festival could not hold its world-renowned summer season each year if not for its volunteers. There are many ways you can assist, whether year-round or seasonally, nearby or across the country. For further volunteer opportunities, consider joining the Glimmerglass Festival Guild. Note Regarding 2021 festival: Due to

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All single tickets will be charged a $5 handling fee and $1.50 per ticket facility fee. All group orders (15 or more people) are charged a $4 per ticket handling fee. All subscribers are charged an $8 handling fee per subscription and $1.50 per ticket facility fee. SONGBIRD | THE GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL The Glimmerglass Festival presents a new adaptation of Offenbach’s La Périchole created by Eric Sean Fogel, James Lowe and Kelley Rourke, which moves the comedy’s action to New Orleans with new musical arrangement and orchestration by James Lowe in the style of 1920s jazz bands. The original libretto is by Henri Meilhac and

Ludovic Halévy.

BLUE | THE GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL BLUE is made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, OPERA America’s Opera Grants for Female Composers supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, OPERA America’s Opera Fund, New Music USA, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Amphion Foundation, and with major production support from Betsy and Ed Cohen, LOOKING BACK WITH PAUL KELLOGG #40TO40 During the 40-day period from the first rehearsal of 2015 to the season’s first opening night, we at Glimmerglass have been looking back at 40 years of opera in Otsego County. Today, the countdown brings us to 2005, a season that included Così fan tutte, Lucie di Lammermoor, Le Portrait de Manon/La Voix humaine and Death and Venice. The Glimmerglass Festival The Glimmerglass Festival

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SATURDAYS | 6:30 P.M. EDT KEEPING TIME WITH COLANERI ------------------------- Join Music Director Joseph Colaneri for a six-episode series examining opera and offering an introduction to the art form or a review for the experienced operagoer. Created with the support of the Glimmerglass Festival Guild, a brief episode will premiere Saturdays at 6:30 p.m.

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GET YOUR GLIMMERGLASS GEAR ------------------------- It was so difficult to not have you in our house this summer, so we decided to find a way to join yours! Check out our recently launched online Gift Shop and fill your cart and home with memories — with a bit of the Festival. Get Your Gear OUR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY ------------------------- We believe in the power of story as a means to create change. We believe in giving voice to diverse identities and experiences. We believe Black Lives Matter. Because of this, we commit to the following... Learn More WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! ------------------------- Thank you for joining us this summer for our online series, Glimmerglass Glimpses. And if you didn’t, we’d love to hear from you too! Your responses to these questions will help inform future online programming (meant only to supplement live performances!) Click

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