As a highlight of the 2024 Bard SummerScapefestival, the Fisher Center at Bard presents the first new American production in almost five decades of Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Le prophète, an all-too-topical ...
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — With magnificent sets, a sobering world, and an orchestra and chorus that were on-form and then some, Bard College’s SummerScape created a “Le Prophète” that was compelling ...
Starting next Friday, July 26, at the 2024 Bard Summerscape festival, the Fisher Center at Bard will present the first new American production in almost five decades of Giacomo Meyerbeer's Le prophète ...
Meyerbeer, one of the 19th century’s most popular composers, is out of fashion today. But his work is receiving a rare revival at Bard College. By Oussama Zahr Reporting from Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.
In its ninth season, BOF will present Charles Gounod’s 1859 Mephistophelian tour-de-force “Faust,” which chronicles its title character’s deal with the devil for youth and love. Sun-Ly Pierce, the ...
A demagogue and religious fanatics impose a theocracy. What sounds like a ripped-from-the-headlines 21st century story was portrayed by Giacomo Meyerbeer 175 years ago in "Le Prophète" and brought ...
Faute de moyens, on ne monte plus guère Le Prophète, blockbuster lyrique de Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864). Ou juste le temps d’une soirée, en version de concert, comme l’a fait le festival d’art ...