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elebrate the opening of Come one, come all for an evening the Susquehanna SPCA’s of high-flying fun at the circus. Best of new building. After three all, it’s completely free, so bring your years of intense fundraising in the lawn chairs and have a fun night out. ShelterUs Campaign, the shelter is Sponsored by the Susquehanna SPCA ready to welcome the community and hosted at the Cooperstown Center to tour the new facilities, participate on Phoenix Mills Road, Cooperstown. in a ribbon-cutting (reservations reAt 5 and 8 p.m., Friday, July 16. quired) and meet the volunteers. Call 607-544-2600. At 5082-5088 State Route 28 • in the town of Otsego, from Runners, come out for things 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, a challenging 10K run, to do! July 17. Call 607-547-8111 or the fun and easier 5K or visit sqspca.org. run to support a local • community center—all Enjoy a performance part of the Route 20 Road of “The Complete Works Challenge. All participants of William Shakespeare will have the opportunity, (Abridged),” as presented after the event, to make by The Glimmer Globe their own ice cream sundae, Theatre. This 100-minute courtesy of Stewart’s Shop. farce incorporates all 37 of So have fun and treat Larissa Ryan Shakespeare’s plays (and yourself at the annual many sonnets) with Sundae Run and Walk. performances by local actors Michael Begins at Richfield Springs VeterHenrici, Danielle Henrici and Jason ans Club at 13 Lake St. in Richfield Francey. It includes some crude humor Springs. Registration is from 7 to (the Bard was no saint) so parental 8 a.m. The 10K begins at 8 a.m., discretion is advised. Performances Sunday, July 18. Visit www.richfieldwill be held at the Lucy B. Hamilton springscommunitycenter.org. Amphitheater and guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets. At Fenimore Art Museum, ►ON THE COVER Cooperstown at 7 p.m., Thursday, Photo of The Glimmerglass July 15. Call 607-547-1400 or visit Festival outdoor stage www.fenimoreartmuseum.org. by Tara Barnwell. •
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Glimmerglass Festival electrician Bryson Kiser works on the lights for the outdoor stage for this summer’s performances.
The Glimmerglass adapts Festival performances to begin Thursday, July 15, with Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ STAFF REPORT The Glimmerglass Festival, home to the summer opera and other theater, will open Thursday, July 15 with “The Magic Flute” by Mozart. The festival will have outdoor performances on a specially built stage, in order to accommodate COVID-19 restrictions. Francesca Zambello, Festival artistic and general director said in a media release that the theater “reimagined” the Glimmerglass experience in order to safely showcase their works. “While this move outdoors is primarily for the health and safety of our company members, audience members and community, it is in harmony with what people love about Glimmerglass — innovative art and performances in a beautiful location,” Zambello said. “We are extremely grateful to Andrew Martin-Weber for making this outdoor stage possible, and we look forward to bringing amazing performances to you from the Andrew J. Martin-Weber
Lawn Stage.” The outdoor stage will be at the south part of the Glimmerglass’s Springfield Center campus, with socially distanced festival squares for spaced-out seating. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs with low profiles, so the performances can be enjoyed comfortably. “The Magic Flute” is described by the press release as a “whimsical tale of love and wisdom with an original libretto from Emanuel Schikaneder.” It is directed by Joseph Colaneri, with costumes by Christelle Matou. “Il Trovatore” an epic love story which is co-directed by Zambello and Eric Sean Fogel with music conducted by Joseph Colaneri, will open Sunday, Aug. 1. “Songbird,” adapted from “La Perichole,” will have its first performance Friday, July 30. “To the World” opens Friday, July 16. The show is a journey around the globe through popular musical theater hits. It stars Isabel Leonard, See FESTIVAL, Page B4
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An opera primer: Glimmerglass regular explains the basics of the genre By ROBERT MOYNIHAN First, opera is supposed to be quite serious. One writer of praise for Verdi’s “Trovatore” observed, totally without irony: “When the soprano part is sung as Madam X sings it, one cannot survive without tears.”
As for the composer himself: “He made a nest for singers in his music like the mother-bird warming her young.” Such comments have as much relation to events as political promises for “a new life” — which turn with experience to be even less exciting than a “new laundry powder.” However, humans are
susceptible to such notions — like the “word itself, “the “poem itself,” even the “opera itself” — all without context. Such theories limit experience and blunt contacts with other lives in the human family. (As for that “mother-bird,” Verdi bitterly complained about inadequate singers, conductors, and impresarios.)
Festival adapts for COVID performances FESTIVAL/from Page B3 William Burden, Alexandria Shiner, Michael Mayes and members of the Young Artists Program. Eric Sean Fogel directs and James Lowe conducts. “Gods and Mortals,” which opens Tuesday, Aug. 3, 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, including “Die Feen.” “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. His fascination with mythology and the natural world will propel us as we take the festival outdoors,” Zambello said in the media release. The staged concert will star Eric Owens, Alexandria Shiner and Ian Koziara. “Gods and Mortals” is conducted by Joseph Colaneri and directed by Zambello. The season will also include “The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson,” 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. Written by the Mark Twain Award-winning playwright and librettist, Sandra Seaton, the play includes selections from the repertory of the National Negro Opera Company and original music composed by Carlos Simon. “Madame Dawson was an arts pioneer, a woman of many firsts, whose remarkable story had been all but forgotten until recently,” Graves said in the media release. “Mary Cardwell Dawson broke through incredible barriers to give voice to singers of color, creating opportunities that eventually brought them to major American opera house stages for the first time. It is an honor to champion her story — and that of the National Negro Opera Company she founded in 1941.” Go to Glimmerglass.org for more information and to purchase tickets.
This composer entered profound depression after the death of both children and his wife. The libretto of Nabucco pulled him from the depths. A reader of the bible and of Shakespeare, he responded to admired language in the libretto. See OPERA, Page B5
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Voice! is an annual juried art exhibition featuring art from across New York State. It celebrates the creative voices of artists with intellectual and other developmental disabilities. Voice! reminds us of the power of art to transcend disability and stereotypes to reveal our common ground and celebrate our unique abilities.
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July 23, 2021 - August 6, 2021 Voice! on display at Main View Gallery 77 Main St, Oneonta FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT HTTPS://WWW.ARCOTSEGO.ORG/EVENT/VOICE/ Voice! is an initiative of The Arc Otsego. We appreciate your support in serving individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
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Opera’s masters live on through their work OPERA/from Page B4 Verdi then describes writing one note at a time, then phrase by phrase, “little by little the opera was written.” At a rehearsal, a chorus so pleased the carpenters that they beat on the woodwork with their tools and cried, “Bravo, bravo, vive il maestro.” Wagner’s “Cycle,” better reduced to another form? It is already a “ring.” A controversy of taste since its origins, the whole lasts many hours. The critic Irving Kolodin proposed a shortened version; the Glimmer-form trims even more. Is this an improvement? What might bother even informed listeners is the pomposity of Wagner’s own text, an extensive mythological soap opera. The composer’s place in musical history is found in reactions to what one biographer in 800 pages called “Wagner’s Mind.” French culture, with its clarity and discipline, was never to his taste. He even prohibited the speaking of French in his own household. However, French compositions are therapeutic for the pretended grandiosity of this composer. Debussy included a “Tristan chord” in a satiric piano solo with direction that it was to be played “with great feeling.” The composer Eric Satie had great fun with mythological and self-important pretenses. Answering complaints about his lack of musical form, he composed pieces in “the shape of a pear.” He called some of his other works “wall paper music.” Brahms, however, was a quietly persistent critic. A score by Wagner was on his Streicher grand. A visitor noted the text was upside down. Brahms righted it: “Now it makes no sense at all,” he said. Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” was intended as a light entertainment, commissioned by his Masonic friend and theater owner Schikaneder. Is the mythology of the libretto serious? The conductor Bruno Walter thought so, but the light of heart should think otherwise. A baritone roughly imitating a bird song? A Queen of the Night reaching the heavens with her high notes? The work passes into its own immortality, just as Mozart and other composers of this Glimmerglass season still live through their art.
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Our best bets for local dining: Sunflower Café, Adaline Ice Cream Larissa Ryan Business Manager Sunflower Café I took a drive out to Springfield Center this weekend and stopped in at a cozy little café there. It’s a homey spot with indoor and outdoor seating and a sunflower theme in the decorations and the food. They serve locally sourced breakfast and lunch, or brunch, which is what I had. I ordered the Windy Hill Scramble, which was two scrambled eggs with goat cheese on top (locally made) and sunflower sprouts. It was served with my choice of toast (I got the rye bread but they had options for wheat or marbled as well), and a side salad with the house vinaigrette dressing. The eggs were very light and fluffy and the cheese on top worked well with the savory flavor. The toast and salad combination was very balanced with tart flavors. I quite enjoyed it. Sunflower Café 7629A NY-80, Cooperstown 315-985-8096 Greg Klein Editor Fly Creek General Store With my family taking our first vacation in more than 18 months, I am reminded of a great place to grab some sandwiches for the road, the Fly Creek General Store. On Route 28, at the “five way” in the hamlet of Fly Creek, the general store has been around for decades. Most visitors probably stop there for gas or for gas station purchases, but locals know they have a great deli and hot food counter, too. Lunchtime specials are always good. I like when the pulled pork sandwich is on the menu and although she isn’t living nearby the FCGS anymore, I can hear my mom ask for a tuna fish sandwich.
Still, we probably get breakfast from the FCGS most often. The family in general prefers breakfast bagels with bacon, but my sneaker pick is the French toast sandwich, which has bacon and eggs on a sandwich of … you guessed it, French toast. Covered in syrup and served hot, you really can’t beat it for a tasty breakfast. The Fly Creek General Store 6216 State Route 28 Fly Creek 607-547-7274 Kevin Limiti Reporter Adaline Ice Cream Ice cream is a wonderful and scary thing which makes Adaline Ice Cream of Oneonta something of a delightful horror house for me. Made fresh on site, this shop boasts tasty and amazing ice cream cones and exquisite sundaes. I had an Adaline Sundae which had peanut butter and hot fudge, a perfect combination which unleashed a poltergeist on my taste buds. There are two special flavors every day. In addition, they also sell ice cream sandwiches, milk shakes and cakes, some of which is available online. Adaline Ice Cream 478 Main Street Oneonta 607-267-4970 Kathleen Peters Graphic Designer The Rose and Kettle They are only open Thursday through Friday, but The Rose and Kettle is always worth the wait. In all the times we’ve eaten there, we have never had a so-so meal, much less a bad one. In this quaint little restaurant in Cherry Valley you will find a creative menu with many local ingredients. On Thursday evenings they jazz it up with local
musicians. Since they just recently opened for the season, we couldn’t get a last-minute reservation, but a quick look on the website shows they still have a creative menu. I would have been happy with any one of the appetizers (crab cake, Thai shrimp and pork, mussels, tuna, lamb
tenderloin, samosas) and a salad. The entrées are equally interesting with 2 pastas, standards like meatloaf, roasted chicken, and fish and chips, and some less standard offerings like a lemon sage risotto that sounds really interesting. There’s also a dessert
menu with fresh seasonal ingredients, coffee drinks, drink specials, and a fully stocked bar. This is Upstate New York dining at its finest. The Rose and Kettle 4 Lancaster Street Cherry Valley theroseandkettle.com 607-264-3078
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ART WORKSHOP – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Children ages 9 to 15 are invited for a watercolor painting workshop featuring Guy Richards Smit. Free admission, donations welcome. At West Kortright Center, 49 West Kortright Church Rd. in East Meredith. Call 607-278-5454. SHOW & GALLERY – At 7 p.m. Annual art exhibition ‘The Voice!’ features art from across New York, celebrating the creative voices of artists with intellectual and other developmental disabilities. View this virtual show online. Presented by The Arc Otsego. WRITERS SALON – 7:30 p.m. Open mic followed by presentation by Julene Waffle, business owner, teacher, mom and author, and Lynne Kemen, writer. Their works appear in the ‘Seeing Things’ poetry anthology from Bright Hill Press. Free, open to the public. Presented as a Zoom event by the Community Arts Network of Oneonta. Call 607-432-2070.
CHICKEN DINNER – 4:30 to 6 p.m. Enjoy take-out Brooks BBQ chicken dinner, including a half chicken, coleslaw, baked potato andCOunty a roll. Cost in OtsegO $12/dinner. Please pre-order by Wednesday. At First Baptist Church of Cooperstown, 21 Elm St. in Cooperstown. Contact baptistcooperstown@ gmail.com with name, contact number and quantity. FIRE PIT FRIDAYS – 7 to 10 p.m. Enjoy a fun night around the fire with friends, drinks and music. This week features hot country and classic rock, performed by Tailor Made. At Brewery Ommegang, 656 County Route 33, Middlefield. Call 607-280-2900. THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Orpheus Theater presents ‘Mary Poppins Jr.’ Cost is $5 for general admission. At Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta. Call 607-431-2080. COMEDY – 7:30 p.m. Doctor Kaboom presents ‘Random Acts of Science,’ featuring ridiculous new experiments by the FSC’s favorite German physicist. An
hour of side-splitting science for the whole family. Free. At Franklin Stage Company, 25 Institute St. in Franklin. Call 607-829-3700.
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ANGLING TOURNAMENT – 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Annual bass tournament followed by free lunch. Registration 5:30 a.m., tournament is 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., weigh-in at 1:30. $20 per adult. Cash prizes, 50/50 raffle, door prizes. All boats will be inspected. At the Canadarago Lake Boat Launch, 135 Dennison Rd. in Richfield Springs. Call 315749-3286.
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