Glimmerglass Festival Performs Opera Favorites at the Doctorow Center for the Arts

Hunter – On Saturday, February 22 at 7:00 PM, Catskill Mountain  Foundation, in partnership with the Glimmerglass Festival, presents Opera Favorites: A  Glimmerglass 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Doctorow Center for the Arts in Hunter.  

Pirates orchestra rehearsal

Under the direction of Artistic and General Director Rob Ainsley, this thrilling concert will feature  opera’s greatest hits, musical theater showstoppers and exclusive highlights from Glimmerglass  Festival’s upcoming 50th season. Justin Burgess, baritone, SarahAnn Duffy, mezzo, and  Samantha Sosa, soprano, will perform arias from Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, Donizetti’s  L’elisir d’amore, Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, and Mozart’s Così fan tutte. Following  intermission, they’ll perform songs by de Falla, Strauss, Grever, Bolcom and Moore, closing the  night with songs by Sondheim. Don’t miss this chance to experience breathtaking voices, soaring  melodies, and the magic of live performance in the heart of the Catskills. 

The Glimmerglass Festival, a one-of-a-kind summer destination since 1975, blends innovative,  world-class opera and musical theater with a relaxed atmosphere and a beautiful lakeside setting  in Cooperstown, NY, less than two hours from Tannersville. 

The Doctorow Center for the Arts is located at 7971 Main Street, Hunter, NY. Enjoy the music  and stay for the reception in the Piano Performance Museum. Get tickets at www.catskillmtn.org.  

About Catskill Mountain Foundation 

The Catskill Mountain Foundation’s (CMF) aim is to provide educational opportunities in the arts for youth  and lifelong learners, to bring the experience of the arts to the Catskill community, and to support artists  and art organizations in the development of their work through residencies. Since its founding in 1998,  CMF has presented hundreds of music, dance, and theater performances; screened over 1,000 films to  tens of thousands of audience members; provided studio arts classes to thousands of students of all ages;  and served thousands of art-loving patrons in the Catskill Mountain Foundation Gift Shop. The Catskill  Mountain Foundation operates the Doctorow Center for the Arts in Hunter, the Orpheum Performing Arts  Center in Tannersville, and the Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts in Maplecrest, NY. 

Since 1998, CMF has raised, generated, and invested close to $16 million in facility development and an  excess of $42 million in programming operations, for a total investment in the Catskill community of over  $58 million. Catskill Mountain Foundation is supported in part by New York State Council on the Arts, the  Greene County Cultural Fund administered by the Greene County Legislature, The Jarvis and Constance  

Doctorow Family Foundation, The Royce Family Foundation, The Samuel and Esther Doctorow Fund, The  Orville and Ethel Slutzky Family Foundation, Platte Clove Bruderhof Community, Bank of Greene County  Charitable Foundation, The Greene County Youth Bureau, Marshall & Sterling Insurance, All Souls’  Church, Stewarts Shops, Windham Foundation, and by private donations. CMF believes that the arts can  transform the lives of those touched by it and can transform the community. Like us on Facebook, follow  us on Instagram, and subscribe to our YouTube channel.