SummerScape 2016 Brochure

BARDSUMMERSCAPE

July 1 – August 14, 2016

OPERA • THEATER • DANCE • MUSIC • FILM • SPIEGELTENT and THE 27TH BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL Puccini and His World

Interventionist Manifestation, 1914, Carlo Carrà Mattioli Collection, Milan, Italy/Bridgeman Images ©2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome Cover: Hector and Andromache, 1917, Giorgio de Chirico Mattioli Collection, Milan, Italy/Peter Willi/Bridgeman Images ©2016 Artist’s estate information goes here/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

“SummerScape at Bard College . . . ever a hotbed of intellectual and aesthetic adventure.”—new york times

Welcome Bard SummerScape and the Bard Music Festival present Puccini and His World The 2016 Bard SummerScape derives its inspiration from Italian music and culture, with the 27th Bard Music Festival (BMF) focusing on the life and times of Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), composer of some of the best-loved and most enduringly popular operas of all time—La bohème, Madama Butterfly, and Tosca. The rarely performed Iris is this year’s featured opera, composed

by Puccini’s friend and sometime rival Pietro Mascagni. Directed by James Darrah, Mascagni’s dreamlike score provides the backdrop for Luigi Illica’s poignant libretto involving a naive girl who deserts her elderly, blind father and is lured to a brothel in Tokyo’s red-light district.

Other SummerScape highlights include two world premieres. Fantasque is a new ballet in which humans and giant puppets create a whimsical world of music and dance. Created by choreographer John Heginbotham and puppeteer Amy Trompetter, it is set to the lush music of Ottorino Respighi and Gioachino Rossini. Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed, by award-winning puppet artist Dan Hurlin, is a surreal “puppet noir” based on four almost-forgotten plays written during World War I by Italian futurist artist Fortunato Depero.

The BMF examines Puccini’s role in the context of Italian opera, culture, politics, and the music of his contemporaries, including Respighi, Arrigo Boito, Ferruccio Busoni, and Alfredo Catalani, among many others. Puccini was adored by audiences, less so by critics, who accused him of vulgarity and cheap sentimentality. As a result, his legacy is complex and controversial. He was composing at a time of changing musical culture, when opera was evolving—a historical moment that makes the composer and his oeuvre all the more fascinating.

This year’s film series, Puccini and the Operatic Impulse in Cinema, presents an adaptation of Madama Butterfly, and includes the work of directors such as Martin Scorsese and Luchino Visconti. The extravaganza that is Spiegeltent once more is hosted by the exuberant cabaret artist Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, who ushers in an array of equally talented artists.

Performances take place in the Frank Gehry–designed, acoustically outstanding, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts as well as other venues on Bard’s Hudson River campus.

The 2016 SummerScape season is made possible in part through the generous support of Jeanne Donovan Fisher, the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation, the Board of The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, the Board of the Bard Music Festival, and the Friends of the Fisher Center, as well as grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

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Two Harlequins, n.d., Gino Severini Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands/Bridgeman Images Š2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

dance world premiere

Fantasque Music by Ottorino Respighi and Gioachino Rossini Choreography by John Heginbotham Puppetry and design by Amy Trompetter Featuring Dance Heginbotham An ebullient and magical pageant created by two brilliant contemporary artists. Choreographer John Heginbotham teams up with puppeteer Amy Trompetter to craft a new ballet for audiences of all ages. Giant puppets and human dancers join forces to create an alternate realm of color and fantasy, in which the usual rules of the physical world are turned upside down.

Respighi, a contemporary of Giacomo Puccini, adapted a suite of piano works by Gioachino Rossini to create the ballet score La Boutique fantasque. Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes created the first production in 1919 with choreography by Léonide Massine and designs by the Fauvist painter André Derain. Now Heginbotham, formerly of the Mark Morris Dance Group and choreographer of SummerScape 2015’s Oklahoma!, and Trompetter, of Bread and Puppet Theater and founder of the Hudson Valley’s Redwing Blackbird Theater, are creating an entirely new work to Respighi and Rossini’s beloved music.

sosnoff theater Friday, July 1 and Saturday, July 2 at 7:30 pm Sunday, July 3 at 2 pm tickets $25–60 Family Pack—buy three or more tickets to Fantasque and save 20% opening night reception for members July 1 post-performance conversation July 2 pre-performance talk July 3 at 1 pm summerscape coach from new york city July 3

“Audiences have a chance to enter into Heginbotham’s entertaining universe, and they shouldn’t miss it. . . .

His works seem to have personalities of their own.

You want to know them.”

—new yorker

“Once in a blue moon a dance theater work comes along to enchant both adults and children.” —wqxr on amy trompetter’s the happy prince

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War Celebration, 1925, Fortunato Depero Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy/Alinari/Bridgeman Images Š2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome

theater world premiere

Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed Futurist puppet plays by Fortunato Depero Translated, designed, and directed by Dan Hurlin Created by the ensemble Produced by MAPP International Productions A wondrous elevator racing up to the heavens, a rich red woman with a single green eye, a baby smoking a giant cigar. . . . Award-winning puppet artist Dan Hurlin is creating a surreal puppet noir based on four beautiful but disquieting plays written at the height of World War I by the Italian futurist artist Fortunato Depero. Hallucinogenic, fast-paced, and shot through with dark humor, these astonishing plays celebrate the energy and possibility of technology, while revealing the chilling parallels between their time and ours.

Hurlin, who lives and works in the Hudson Valley, discovered Depero’s scenarios during his Rome Prize fellowship in Italy. They have never before been translated into English, published or performed. Hurlin’s unique fusion of puppetry, music, and technology brings Depero’s images and visions—sometimes whimsical, sometimes disturbing and violent—to life on stage for the first time. With a live score by Dan Moses Schreier and combining the latest technology, from 3-D printing to sound sampling, with centuries-old bunraku puppetry, Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed is a rapturous and wholly original wild ride.

luma theater Thursday–Saturday, July 7–16 at 7:30 pm Sundays, July 10 and 17; Wednesday, July 13; Saturday, July 16 at 2 pm tickets

“A quiet tour de force”

$25–60 (Suitable for ages 12 and up)

—new york times on

opening night reception for members

dan hurlin's work

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Seated Nude on Divan (La Belle Romaine), 1917, Amedeo Modigliani Private Collection/Bridgeman Images

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Iris Composed by Pietro Mascagni Libretto by Luigi Illica American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director Directed by James Darrah Composed by Puccini’s friend Pietro Mascagni (perhaps best known for his beloved Cavalleria rusticana), Iris debuted in Rome in 1898, ushering in a wave of fin-de-siècle exotic opera. Mascagni’s dreamlike score provides the backdrop for Luigi Illica’s haunting libretto recounting the tragic story of Iris, an innocent young girl tricked into abandoning her elderly blind father and lured to a brothel in Tokyo’s notorious red-light district.

The stellar cast is headlined by the Grammy-nominated young soprano Talise Trevigne, lauded for her “deep melting sound” (New York Times) as the vulnerable young Iris. Austrian-Australian tenor Gerard Schneider sings the role of the fickle and selfish Osaka, and the bass-baritone Douglas Williams portrays the villainous Kyoto.

Conducted by the “peerlessly adventurous” (New York Times) Leon Botstein, this production by the talented young stage director James Darrah features set designs by Emily MacDonald and Cameron Jaye Mock with projections by Adam Larsen and costumes by Peabody Southwell—all of which combine to highlight the darker themes of this rarely performed opera.

Performed in Italian with English supertitles

sosnoff theater Fridays, July 22 and 29 at 7:30 pm Sundays, July 24 and 31; and Wednesday, July 27 at 2 pm tickets

“Some of the most important summer opera experiences in the U.S. are not at the better-known festivals but at Bard SummerScape.”

$25–95 opening night reception for members July 22 opera talk July 24 at noon summerscape coach from new york city

—financial times

July 22, 24, and 31 Special support for this program is provided by Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander.

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Giacomo Puccini, n.d.

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Puccini and His World How can the work of a composer who wrote three of the most enduringly popular operas of all time—La bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly—and three more that are produced regularly— Manon Lescaut, La fanciulla del West, and Turandot—be remotely controversial? But Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) was and remains an object of controversy. In his lifetime, the popularity of his operas defied the predictions of many critics. Butterfly was a fiasco at its premiere and La bohème was met with only faint praise. Critics derided Puccini for not being Italian enough. He was accused of courting vulgarity and exploiting cheap sentimentality. He was seen as facile and to have failed, with the possible exception of La fanciulla, to match the profundity and subtlety of Verdi, the grandeur of Wagner, and the dramatic virtuosity of Richard Strauss. After Puccini’s death, this criticism blossomed into a tradition of intellectual and academic snobbery marked by condescension and neglect.

At the heart of this so-called Puccini problem rests the shifting place of musical culture in the 20th century. Puccini rose to fame as opera struggled to maintain its preeminence as a cultural and political instrument in the face of the advent of recorded sound, the popularity of photography, motorboats, automobiles (three of Puccini’s obsessions), and, most of all, film.

Though Puccini succeeded where others failed, his success was ascribed to various theories of the decline of culture and standards of taste.

Furthermore, Puccini’s popularity was worldwide at a time of rapid political change that witnessed the emergence of new nationalisms, World War I, the twilight of European imperialism, and the rise of communism and fascism. What kind of music and art were called for in an era of economic and social transformation? In this context Puccini was regarded as a purveyor of escapism, of background music and kitsch designed to foreground a pseudorealism with mere effects and melodrama and to mesmerize the public by appealing to its most superficial constructs of love and death.

The Bard Music Festival, using Puccini’s complex and tortured biography, Italian politics in the years between Garibaldi and Mussolini, Italian arts and letters between Manzoni and D’Annunzio, and Italian music from Verdi to Dallapiccola, will explore Puccini’s work and the music of his Italian contemporaries. Concerts and panels will reveal his unique genius as well as the legitimate and troubling issues that have kept debates about Puccini alive.

This season is made possible in part through the generous support of the Board of the Bard Music Festival and the Friends of the Fisher Center, as well as grants from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts. Additional underwriting has been provided by Jeanne Donovan Fisher, James H. Ottaway Jr., Felicitas S. Thorne, Helen and Roger Alcaly, Bettina Baruch Foundation, Michelle R. Clayman, Margo and Anthony Viscusi, and the Furthermore Foundation. Special support has also been provided by the Mrs. Mortimer Levitt Endowment Fund for the Performing Arts.

All programs and performers are subject to change.

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At the Exit of La Scala, 1910, Aroldo Bonzagni Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milan, Italy/Mondadori Portfolio/Electa/Sergio Anelli/Bridgeman Images

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Puccini and Italian Musical Culture Friday, August 5 2016 Bard Music Festival Opening Night Dinner spiegeltent 5:30 pm Tickets include a preperformance dinner in the Spiegeltent and a premium seat for the evening’s concert. To purchase opening night dinner tickets, contact the Box Office at 845-758-7928 or boxoffice@bard.edu. Please note: The Spiegeltent will be closed for regular dining on the evening of the dinner.

To join us for dinner: $105/person Dinner and the evening’s concert: $180/person Sponsor a table for 8: $1,440 Sponsor a table for 10: $1,800

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Friday, August 5 (cont.) program one

Opera, Politics, and the Italian sosnoff theater 7:30 pm performance: Commentary by Leon Botstein; with Melody Moore, soprano; Russell Thomas, tenor; TK, baritone; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; The Orchestra Now, conducted by Leon Botstein Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), Requiem (1905); Intermezzo and Act 4 of Manon Lescaut (1893); Saverio Mercadante (1795–1870), Hymn to Garibaldi (1861); Excerpts from Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901), Nabucco (1841); Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–86), I promessi sposi (1856; rev. 1872); Arrigo Boito (1842–1918), Nerone (DATE); Alfredo Catalani (1854–93), Loreley (1890); and Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945), Cavalleria rusticana (1890) Tickets: $25–75

Saturday, August 6 panel one

Puccini: The Man and the Reputation olin hall 10 am – noon Participants TK Free and open to the public program two

Sons of Bach, Sons of Palestrina olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk: TK 1:30 pm performance: Daedalus Quartet; Anna Polonsky, piano; TK, soprano; TK and TK, clarinet; TK, piano Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), Crisantemi (1890); Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)/Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924), Chaconne in D Minor (?1897); Domenico Puccini (1772–1815), Piano Sonata No. 17 in A Major (DATE); Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901), String Quartet in E Minor (1873); Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–86), Il Convegno, for two clarinets and piano (1856); Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876–1948), Quattro rispetti, for soprano and piano, Op. 11 (1902); Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936), Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 35 (1902); Alfredo Casella (1883–1947), From A la manière de . . ., Op. 17 (1911–13) Tickets: $40

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Saturday, August 6 (cont.) program three

The Symphonic and the Operatic sosnoff theater 7 pm preconcert talk: TK 8 pm performance: Kelly Kaduce, soprano; Michael Wade Lee, tenor; Louis Otey, baritone; Orion Weiss, piano; members of the Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director; and others Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), Capriccio sinfonico (1883); Il tabarro (1916); Giuseppe Martucci (1856–1909), Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 40 (1878) Tickets: $25–75

Sunday, August 7 panel two

Defining the Italian: The Role of Music olin hall 10 am – noon Free and open to the public program four

The Search for a Successor: Opera After Verdi olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk: 1:30 pm performance: Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836–96), Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857–1919), Alberto Franchetti (1860–1942), Francesco Cilea 1866–1950), Umberto Giordano (1867–1948), Italo Montemezzi (1875–1952), and Riccardo Zandonai (1883–1944) Tickets: $40

program five

Realism and Fantasy: New Directions in Opera sosnoff theater 3:30 pm preconcert talk: 4:30 pm performance: Sean Panikkar, tenor; Nora Sourouzian, mezzo-soprano; Talise Trevigne, soprano; Paul Whelan, bass-baritone; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein; and others; directed by Mary Birnbaum; designed by Grace Laubacher; lighting design by Anshuman Bhatia Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), Le villi (1884); Jules Massenet (1842–1912), La Navarraise (1894) Tickets: $25–75

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The Starting Signal (from Triptych of Speed), 1925–27, Gerardo Dottori Private Collection/Mondadori Portfolio/Electa/Sergio Anelli/Bridgeman Images ©2016 Artist’s estate information goes here/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Beyond Verismo Thursday, August 11 special event

Contemporaneous: Spaghetti Western spiegeltent 8 pm Contemporaneous performs a program of crosscurrents, with music by Americans living in Italy, and Italians whose music has permeated U.S. culture. From David Lang (nominated for an Academy Award for his music in Italian director Paolo Sorrentino's new film, Youth) to Ennio Morricone, whose music has become a quintessential sound in American cinema, discover how Italian and American music have traveled together through film—all the way back to Puccini's Girl of the Golden West.

Tickets: $15–40

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Friday, August 12 program six

Futurism, the Avant-Garde, and Technology sosnoff theater 8 pm performance: Commentary by Anna Celenza; with The Orchestra Now, conducted by TK; TK, piano; and others Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Suites for Small Orchestra (1921–25); Gerald Tyrwhitt (Lord Berners) (1883–1950), L’uomo dai baffi (1918); Francesco Balilla Pratella (1880–1955), La guerra (1913); Leo Sowerby (1895–1968), Synconata (1924); Monotony, for jazz orchestra and metronome (1925); Works by Luigi Russolo (1885–1947); Franco Casavola (1891–1955); George Antheil (1900–59); Frank Signorelli (1901–75); and others Tickets: $25–60

Saturday, August 13 panel three

Artists, Intellectuals, and Mussolini olin hall 10 am – noon Free and open to the public program seven

Reinventing the Past olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk: Byron Adams 1:30 pm performance: Daedalus Quartet; Voice, TK; Piano, TK; The Orchestra Now, conducted by TK Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), Salve Regina (before 1880); Selections from Arie antiche, edited and arranged by Alessandro Parisotti (1853–1913), and works by Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643), edited by Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973); Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936), Quattro liriche (1920); Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973), String Quartet No. 3 “Cantari alla madrigalesca” (1931); Alfredo Casella (1883–1947), Scarlattiana (1926) Tickets: $40

program eight

Music and Fascism in Italy sosnoff theater 7 pm preconcertalk: TK 8 pm performance: TK, soprano; TK, baritone; TK, piano; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), Hymn to Rome (1919); Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968), Sinfonia del fuoco (1914); Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973), Variazioni senza tema (1923); Alfredo Casella (1883–1947), Elegia eroica, Op. 29 (1916); Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–75), Partita for Orchestra (1930–32); Gofreddo Petrassi (1904–2003), Magnificat (1939–40) Tickets: $25–70

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Sunday, August 14 program nine

Italian Choral Music since Palestrina olin hall 10 am performance with commentary by James Bagwell; with Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; Alexander Bonus, organ; Bard Festival Chamber Players Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924); Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–94); Orazio Vecchi (1550–1605); Luca Marenzio (1553–99); Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643); Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613); Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741); Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901); and Idelbrando Pizzetti (1880–1968) Tickets: $40

program ten

After Puccini olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk: TK 1:30 pm performance: Allegra Chapman ’10, piano; Elmira Darvarova, violin; Sam Magill, cello; Blair McMillen, piano; TK, soprano; TK, guitar; The Orchestra Now, conducted by TK Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), Pezzo per pianoforte (DATE); Franco Alfano (1875–1954), Concerto for piano, violin, and cello (1933); Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968), From The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra, for soprano and guitar, Op. 207 (1966); Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–75), Musical Notebook of Annalibera (1952); Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007), Ricercare and Toccata on a theme from The Old Maid and the Thief, for piano solo (1951); Luciano Berio (1925–2003), Concertino (1949/1970) Tickets: $40

program eleven

The Turandot Project sosnoff theater 3:30 pm preconcert talk: Arman Schwartz 4:30 pm performance: Aubrey Allicock, bass-baritone; Kendra Broom, mezzo-soprano; Matthew Burns, bass-baritone; Elizabeth Byrne, soprano; Richard Cox, tenor; Steven LaBrie, baritone; Cecilia Violetta López, soprano; Marc Molomot, tenor; Melody Moore, soprano; Nathan Stark, bass; Russell Thomas, tenor; Paul Whelan, bass-baritone; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director; directed by R. B. Schlather; designed by Paul Tate dePoo III; lighting design by JAX Messenger Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)/Luciano Berio (1925–2003), Act 3 from Turandot (1924/2001); Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924), Turandot (1917) Tickets: $25–75

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Marcella Mariani in Senso, 1954 ŠLux Film/Photofest

film series

Puccini and the Operatic Impulse in Cinema Opera has been an enduring reference point for filmmakers and audiences since the dawn of cinema at the end of the 19th century, precisely the moment of Giacomo Puccini’s artistic ascendancy. The 2016 SummerScape Film Series explores the influence of Puccini’s work and of operatic emotion on innovative films in all periods. It includes both cinematic adaptations of operas like Madama Butterfly and creative responses by directors such as Sergio Leone and Martin Scorsese. Special attention will be paid to the cinematic legacy of Luchino Visconti, whose explicitly operatic work has inspired several generations of filmmakers.

Thursday, July 21

Thursday, August 4

A Room with a View

The Leopard

James Ivory, 1985, UK, 117 minutes

Luchino Visconti, 1963, Italy/France, 185 minutes

Sunday, July 24

The Toll of the Sea

Sunday, August 7

Chester M. Franklin, 1922, USA, 53 minutes

Once Upon a Time in the West

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Sergio Leone, 1968, Italy/USA/Spain,

The Last Emperor

175 minutes

Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987, China/Italy/UK/France, 163 minutes

Thursday, August 11

The Age of Innocence Thursday, July 28

Martin Scorsese, 1993, USA, 139 minutes

Senso Luchino Visconti, 1954, Italy, 123 minutes

Sunday, August 14

The Immigrant Sunday, July 31

James Gray, 2013, USA, 120 minutes

Rocco and His Brothers Luchino Visconti, 1960, Italy/France, 168 minutes all films are screened at 7 pm in the jim ottaway jr. film center tickets $10 All Fisher Center Members ($75 and above) may reserve up to four complimentary tickets for the film series. To make your reservation, please call 845-758-7900.

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Characters from a Circus, 1950, Marino Marini Private Collection/Photo©Christie’s Images/Bridgeman Images ©2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome

“Unique, intoxicating, wild and wonderful . . . enter the Spiegeltent—the tent of dreams —and you will never be the same again.”

—edinburgh fringe magazine

The Spiegeltent Cabaret and After Hours Hosted by Mx. Justin Vivian Bond

“The singer’s caustic wit, witchy charisma and subversive queer wisdom have made Bond one of New York’s essential performers.”

—time out new york

Legendary cabaret artist and Tony-nominated performer Mx. Justin Vivian Bond returns to host the magical Spiegeltent for a third season. This salon of sophistication, spectacle, and glamour is one of the country’s premiere cabaret venues. Join us for balmy nights filled with music, theater, and cabaret, or come to dine and dance under the sparkling lights of this timeless, enchanted tent of mirrors.

Jazz presented by Catskill Jazz Factory Five premiere evenings of world-class jazz created specifically for the Spiegeltent Spiegeltent Cabaret and After Hours performances may contain nudity, and are for mature audiences only. Cabaret admission is restricted to those over 18 years old unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. No one under 18 is permitted during After Hours.

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Isaac Mizrahi by Jason Frank Rothenburg

Mx. Justin Vivian Bond by Tammy Shell

Cabaret

around the world. Sexy and fierce, amusing and mesmerizing, every song is an electrifying experience.

Presented in association with the Irish Arts Center.

Fridays and Saturdays at 8:30 pm Tickets start at $25

Isaac Mizrahi: Ask Isaac Friday, July 1 You’ve loved him for years as America’s favorite fashion superstar, head judge of Project Runway and roguish QVC icon. To kick off our Spiegeltent season, join Isaac Mizrahi for an intimate evening in his other favorite role—as cabaret performer and talk show host. Mizrahi will sing a medley of popular songs, from “C’est si bon” to “I Believe in You.” In between numbers he’ll take questions from the audience.

Mx. Justin Vivian Bond: Dixie McCall’s Patterns for Living Saturday, July 2 Opening weekend continues with a 25th-anniversary revival of the show that catapulted Mx. Justin Vivian Bond to fame. First performed in a hole-in-the-wall in San Francisco, Dixie laid the groundwork for a career that would span from basement clubs to Broadway. Born of Bond’s obsession with the sultry glamour of singer Julie London, who played nurse Dixie McCall in the 1970s TV show Emergency!, this special encore presentation is accompanied by pianist Matt Ray.

Camille O’Sullivan Friday, July 8 “When she sings it’s as though her breath is soaked in paraffin; one spark, and the whole room would ignite” (Daily Telegraph). The unforgettable Camille O’Sullivan makes her Spiegeltent debut with her band. O’Sullivan’s dramatic interpretations of songs

by Jacques Brel, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, David Bowie, Radiohead, and more, have won her awards and fans

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Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely Saturday, July 9 Since first taking to the stage at age 17, this versatile singer-songwriter-guitarist has moved audiences with her big-hearted, hold-nothing-back approach to rock, blues, R&B, country, folk, spirituals, and funk. The New York Times acclaimed her “love of mixing things up . . . [her] vocal style ranges from a dirty blues moan to a gospel shout to an ethereal croon.” Leading her band BIGLovely, Reagon’s concerts celebrate all that’s dynamic, progressive, and uplifting in American music.

Ute Lemper: Last Tango in Berlin Friday, July 15 Ute Lemper is one of the world’s great chanteuses.

Best known for her ravishing interpretations of the Brecht/Weill songbook, she is a singer of phenomenal versatility. In Last Tango in Berlin she takes a journey across time and cultures, from Berlin cabaret to the poetic universe of the French chansons by Brel and Piaf, to the intoxicating tangos of Piazzolla, and her own gorgeous songs of love and loss, passion and dreams.

Penny Arcade: Longing Lasts Longer Friday, July 22 Penny Arcade is New York’s undisputed queen of the underground. Her latest award-winning performance is an exuberant anthem and passionate rumination on love, longing, suburbanization, cultural amnesia, and the politically correct straightjacket of consensus.

Driven by her magnetic rock ’n’ roll energy, Arcade creates a crack in the postgentrified landscape where you can think, laugh, and dance at the same time!

Toshi Reagon by Kevin Yatorol

Heidi and Stew Rodewald by Jeff Fasano

The Wau Wau Sisters

Rufus Wainwright: A Benefit Concert for the Bard Spiegeltent

Saturday, July 23 New York City’s bravest and bawdiest burlesque duo returns to the Spiegeltent to seduce and scandalize with their kamikaze costuming and cantankerous comic timing. Straddling the hilarious gap between seduction and slapstick, The Wau Wau Sisters— anarchic, astute, and adorable—careen through a show full of surprises, always teetering on the brink of a delicious disaster! Bringing their best bits, these two tricksters take the stage as they truly are— “irreverent, sacrilegious, lascivious” (New York Times).

Saturday, August 6 (sold out) A superb showman with an incomparable voice, Rufus Wainwright has been described by Elton John as “the greatest songwriter on the planet.” Born in Rhinebeck and part of a folk royalty lineage, Wainwright’s brand of theatrical pop has made him one of modern music’s most innovative talents. He has released seven studio albums and collaborated with artists including David Byrne, Boy George, Joni Mitchell, Robbie Williams, and producer Mark Ronson. This summer he comes home for his Spiegeltent debut with an intimate solo concert.

Mx. Bond’s House of Whimsy Friday, July 29 and Saturday, July 30 Welcome to the House of Whimsy—an alluring, edgy, and irreverent evening of divas and deviants from the downtown performance scene—selected and introduced by Mx. Justin Vivian Bond.

Established Spiegeltent favorites mingle with talented newcomers in a program of variety acts that will ravish, provoke, and astound.

Mary Testa and Michael Starobin: Have Faith Friday, August 5 After wowing SummerScape audiences as Aunt Eller in Oklahoma! last summer, two-time Tony Award–nominee and “latter-day Ethel Merman” (New York Times) Mary Testa returns to enchant the Spiegeltent. One of New York’s great musical theater singers, Testa will give a not-to-be-missed performance of her lauded recent album Have Faith with music director Michael Starobin, a two-time Tony Award–winning orchestrator. Covering 1980s pop to Broadway (yes, Rodgers and Hammerstein), the duo explores the timeless question of keeping faith with “the vividness of a brilliant fine wine” (Broadway World).

Stew and Heidi Rodewald: Notes of a Native Song An homage to James Baldwin Friday, August 12 A critically acclaimed homage to the life and writing of James Baldwin, in what would have been his 90th birthday year. Tony and Obie Award–winning playwright/singer-songwriter Stew (Passing Strange) and his longtime collaborator Heidi Rodewald, create an evening of songs, text, and video inspired by Baldwin’s artistry. Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle for its “pitch-perfect musicianship and irresistible personality that make every song its own showstopper,” Notes of a Native Song melds provocative themes with wonderfully catchy tunes and head-nodding grooves.

Mx. Justin Vivian Bond: Angels We Have Heard When High Saturday, August 13 Our Spiegeltent season is brought to a joyful conclusion as our very own angel, Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, takes the stage once more, backed by a cherubic coven of talented misfits in extravagant outfits— musical director Matt Ray, Nath Ann Carrera on guitar, and Claudia Chopek on violin. Mx. Bond promises to light up the summer sky with songs, spirits, sass, and a slew of special surprises!

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Clockwise from top left: Jazzmeia Horn, photo by rob; Marc Cary, photo by Rebecca Meek; Sammy Miller and The Congregation, photo by Kassy Balli; Peter and Will Anderson Quintet, photo by Lynn Redmile

Jazz at the Spiegeltent

Heartbeat of Harlem Marc Cary Ensemble

Presented by Catskill Jazz Factory

July 14 From Duke, Fats, and Billie to Langston, Robeson, P. Diddy, and Jason Moran, throughout the past century Harlem has been an epicenter of cultural innovation and creativity. Artists of all genres boldly fuse traditional and contemporary ideas to keep the Harlem Renaissance thriving. Led by composer, pianist, and producer Marc Cary and featuring an ensemble of the jazz scene’s finest musicians, this concert honors the visionaries and celebrates the modern masters who are the heartbeat of Harlem.

Thursdays in the Spiegeltent feature unique evenings of world-class jazz. The perfect start to each summer weekend!

Thursdays at 8 pm Tickets: $25–$45

The Artistry of Jazz Horn The Jazzmeia Horn Ensemble July 7 Vocal sensation, dancer, and fashion designer Jazzmeia Horn launches the series with the premiere of a multimovement, multidisciplinary vocal suite.

Horn effortlessly draws upon the traditions of legends like Duke Ellington while showcasing the contemporary talent that won her the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition in 2015. At age 23, Horn has already earned a reputation as a dynamic musician with a soulful, passionate sound often compared to classical vocalists like Betty Carter, Sarah Vaughan, and Nancy Wilson.

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Born from the Blues Sammy Miller and The Congregation July 21 In 1930, “the father of country music” Jimmie Rodgers collaborated with “the father of jazz music” Louis Armstrong. This hybrid drew on blues, folk, and jazz traditions, demonstrating the oneness of American musical language that remains intact at America’s pop culture core. From Armstrong and Rodgers to Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson, all American music traditions are born from the blues. Sammy Miller and The Congregation explore the connections between these rich styles while creating joyful jazz.

Mx. Justin Vivian Bond on stage in the Spiegeltent. Photo by Cory Weaver

The Joy of Sax Peter and Will Anderson Quintet July 28 Called “Virtuosos on saxophone” by the New York Times, Peter and Will Anderson are joined by jazz organist Pat Bianchi, guitarist Peter Bernstein, and drummer Kenny Washington to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the saxophone. The repertoire and styling of sax legends Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, and Coleman Hawkins mix with new original works. The soulful Hammond B-3 organ, bluesy jazz guitar, swinging drum set, and sultry saxophone evoke the sounds of 1950s hard bop, groove, and swing.

Ragtime and the Birth of Jazz Chris Washburne’s Ragtime Band Featuring André Mehmari August 4 “One of the best trombonists in New York” (New York Times) joins forces with “one of Brazil’s best kept secrets” (EJazz News) in this bihemispheric ragtime revival. Latin Jazz master trombonist Chris Washburne and Brazilian virtuoso pianist André Mehmari return to the Spiegeltent with the first installment of a two-year project in tribute to the “King of Ragtime Writers” Scott Joplin, and an exploration of the roots of jazz in the Cuban habanera and Brazilian choro traditions. Joining Mehmari and Washburne on the bandstand are Even Christopher, clarinet; Sarah Elizabeth Charles, vocals; Candice Hoyes, vocals; and Alphonso Horne on trumpet.

After Hours with Justin and Friends Dance away your weekend nights in the company of these tune slingers who are at the top of their game— guaranteed to keep your dance card full all summer.

Fridays and Saturdays from 10 pm to 12:30 am Tickets: $12 at the door, or free with your ticket to another same-day SummerScape event.* (*not included in the Create Your Own Series)

TK Friday, July 1 and Saturday, July 2

TK Friday, July 8 and Saturday, July 9

TK Friday, July 15 and Saturday, July 16

DJ JD Samson Friday, July 22 and Saturday, July 23

TK Friday, July 29 and Saturday, July 30

DJ Jonjon Battles Friday, August 5 and Saturday, August 6

DJ Sammy Jo Friday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13

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7:30 pm Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed LUMA 8:30 pm Ute Lemper: Last Tango in Berlin SPT 10 pm DJ SPT

22 7:30 pm Iris SOS 8:30 pm Penny Arcade: Longing Lasts Longer SPT 10 pm DJ JD Samson SPT

7:30 pm Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed LUMA 8 pm Heartbeat of Harlem Marc Cary Ensemble SPT

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7 pm A Room with a View FILM 8 pm Born from the Blues Sammy Miller and The Congregation SPT

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7:30 pm Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed LUMA 8:30 pm Camille O’Sullivan SPT 10 pm DJ SPT

2 pm Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed (with post-performance conversation) LUMA 7:30 pm Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed LUMA

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8:30 pm The Wau Wau Sisters SPT 10 pm DJ JD Samson SPT

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2 pm Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed LUMA 7:30 pm Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed LUMA 10 pm DJ SPT

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7:30 pm Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed LUMA 8:30 pm Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely SPT 10 pm DJ SPT

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Noon Opera Talk SOS 2 pm Iris ST 7 pm The Toll of the Sea and The Last Emperor FILM

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1 pm Pre-performance talk 2 pm Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed LUMA 7:30 pm Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed LUMA

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1 pm Pre-performance talk 2 pm Fantasque SOS

7:30 pm Fantasque (with post-performance conversation) SOS 8:30 pm Mx. Justin Vivian Bond: Dixie McCall’s Patterns for Living SPT 10 pm DJ SPT

7:30 pm Fantasque SOS 8:30 pm Isaac Mizrahi: Ask Isaac SPT 10 pm DJ SPT

7:30 pm Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed LUMA 8 pm The Artistry of Jazz Horn The Jazzmeia Horn Ensemble SPT

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5:30 pm BMF Opening Night Dinner SPT 7:30 pm BMF Program One SOS 8:30 pm Mary Testa and Michael Starobin: Have Faith SPT 10 pm DJ Jonjon Battles SPT

12 8 pm BMF Program Six SOS 8:30 pm Stew and Heidi Rodewald: Notes of a Native Song An homage to James Baldwin SPT 10 pm DJ Sammy Jo SPT

7 pm The Leopard FILM 8 pm Ragtime and the Birth of Jazz Chris Washburne’s Ragtime Band Featuring André Mehmari SPT

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7 pm The Age of Innocence FILM 8 pm Contemporaneous Spaghetti Western SPT

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10 am BMF Program Nine OLIN 1 pm Pre-concert Talk OLIN 1:30 pm BMF Program Ten OLIN 3:30 pm Pre-concert Talk SOS 4:30 pm BMF Program Eleven SOS 7 pm The Immigrant FILM

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10 am BMF Panel Three OLIN 1 pm Pre-concert Talk OLIN 1:30 pm BMF Program Seven OLIN 7 pm Pre-concert Talk SOS 8 pm BMF Program Eight SOS 8:30 pm Mx. Justin Vivian Bond: Angels We Have Heard When High SPT 10 pm DJ Sammy Jo SPT

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10 am BMF Panel One OLIN 1 pm Pre-concert Talk OLIN 1:30 pm BMF Program Two OLIN 7 pm Pre-concert Talk SOS 8 pm BMF Program Three SOS 8:30 pm Rufus Wainwright SPT 10 pm DJ Jonjon Battles SPT

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SOS Sosnoff Theater

7:30 pm Iris SOS 8:30 pm Mx. Bond’s House of Whimsy SPT 10 pm DJ SPT

7 pm Senso FILM 8 pm The Joy of Sax Peter and Will Anderson Quintet SPT

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Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers, SummerScape 2015. Photo: Cory Weaver

tickets and transportation how to order your tickets Online: visit fishercenter.bard.edu By phone: 845-758-7900 In person: Our main Box Office is located in the lobby of the Sosnoff Theater. Hours 10 am – 5 pm, Monday–Friday, and one hour prior to each scheduled event. Ticketing fees support our box office infrastructure and apply regardless of purchase method.

Groups Special discounts and add-ons are available to groups of 10 or more people.

Visit fishercenter.bard.edu/tickets/groups for details or call the box office.

getting here The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College is located at 60 Manor Avenue, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, 12504. Our venue is accessible by car, train, and SummerScape Coach. Detailed directions and parking information will be mailed with your tickets and are also available online at fishercenter.bard.edu/visitor. For best parking, please try to arrive at least 30 minutes before show time. This will allow you ample time to park and make your way to the theater.

SummerScape Coach—$40 round-trip!

Visiting us from the New York metro area? The SummerScape Coach provides transportation for select performances from Manhattan’s Upper West Side to the Fisher Center. Fresh box meals available for both trips. For details visit fishercenter.bard.edu/transportation.

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accessibility All our venues and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. The Fisher Center utilizes golf carts to assist patrons with disabilities between the parking lot and the Center. If you need any additional assistance, please call 845-758-7928. Infrared assistive listening devices are available in the Fisher Center and Olin Hall. Receivers may be borrowed on request at the Box Office.

summerscape dining the spiegeltent The Spiegeltent is the SummerScape festival’s oasis, a place to enjoy seasonal, local food and drink before and after performances. The lovely outdoor garden provides the perfect spot to relax in the company of friends and festival artists.

To review our dining calendar, explore our lunch, dinner, After Hours, and beverage menus, and make reservations, please visit fishercenter.bard.edu/visit/eatstay.

If you are attending a mainstage performance we recommend you dine with us at least an hour before curtain. spiegel picnics The ideal way to enjoy our spectacular Hudson Valley setting. Choose from a variety of delicious menus and a wonderful selection of wine. Bring a blanket and we’ll provide everything else. theater concessions Quick concession savories, sweets, and beverages are available one hour prior to curtain and during intermission at all Fisher Center events and at Olin Hall on August 6, 7, 13, and 14.

subscriptions and dining packages Guarantee great seats in advance. Our package options make it easier than ever to experience SummerScape with your own preferences and schedule in mind. subscribe and save Create your own series—buy four or more events and save 25% Summerscape mainstage series—buy dance, theater, and opera events and save 30% Opera series—buy Iris, and both BMF concert operas, and save 30% Bring the whole family to Fantasque—Special Family Pack—buy three or more single tickets and save 20% spiegeltent dining packages Out-of-Town Package—includes mainstage ticket, roundtrip bus from New York City, and three-course meal. Save up to 23% Night Out Package—includes mainstage ticket and three-course meal. Save up to 15% Available for select performances. Ticketing fees apply, gratuity and beverages not included.

Programs, dates, times, and venues are subject to change without notice. All sales are final and normal processing fees apply. If you are unable to use your tickets we will make every effort to offer a comparable exchange subject to availability or issue a credit. You may also choose to donate your tickets in support of the Fisher Center.

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join us! fisher center membership Individual supporters are essential to sustaining the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts as an extraordinary part of cultural life in the Hudson Valley. Our members support world-class performing arts and enjoy a variety of discounts and benefits through our Friends and Patrons programs, including: • Advance ticket access • Invitations to exclusive events • Discounts on dining and merchandise Membership benefits start at just $75.

For more information about how to become a Friend or Patron of the Fisher Center, contact 845-758-7987 or visit fishercenter.bard.edu/support.

Major support for the Fisher Center’s programs has been provided by: Helen and Roger Alcaly The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Joshua Aronson Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation Bessemer National Gift Fund Bettina Baruch Foundation Carolyn Marks Blackwood Dr. Leon Botstein and Barbara Haskell Michelle R. Clayman Joan K. Davidson Alicia Davis and Steve Ellis Estate of John A. Dierdorff Amy K. and David Dubin Elizabeth W. Ely ’65 and Jonathan K. Greenburg Barbara Ettinger and Sven Huseby Stefano Ferrari and Lilo Zinglersen Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander Jeanne Donovan Fisher Estate of Richard B. Fisher S. Asher Gelman ’06 and Mati Gelman Goethe Institute New York Carlos Gonzalez and Katherine Stewart Dr. Terry S. Gotthelf Matthew M. Guerreiro and Christina Mohr Stephen Hart and Jamie Albright Dr. Thomas Hesse Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust The J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc. Richard and Jane Katzman Susan and Roger Kennedy Dr. Barbara Kenner Edna and Gary Lachmund Mrs. Mortimer Levitt Estate of Murray Liebowitz

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Doris J. Lockhart Bonnie Loopesko and Daniel Shapiro Amy and Thomas O. Maggs Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation Millbrook Tribute Garden, Inc. The Mortimer Levitt Foundation Inc. Martin L. and Lucy Miller Murray Nancy & Edwin Marks Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr. The Rebecca & Nathan Milikowsky Family Foundation Drs. M. Susan and Irwin Richman Amanda J. Rubin Stephen Simcock Denise S. Simon and Paulo Vieiradacunha Martin T. and Toni Sosnoff David and Sarah Stack Thendara Foundation Felicitas S. Thorne The Wise Family Charitable Foundation Andrew E. Zobler

SUMMERSCAPE

GALA the spirit of montgomery place

SATURDAY, JULY 16 join us for an unforgettable midsummer party to benefit the richard b. fisher center for the performing arts. spend an elegant evening in the company of some very special guests at montgomery place, which recently became part of the bard campus. gala cochairs carolyn marks blackwood and gregory quinn stefano ferrari and lilo zinglersen artist host committee mx. justin vivian bond jeremy davidson nick flynn neil gaiman arliss howard lola kirke ‘12 mary stuart masterson stephin merritt amanda palmer parker posey peter riegert ally sheedy kiki smith lili taylor debra winger

Image: View from Montgomery Place, c. 1847, Alexander Jackson Davis. ©Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University

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The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College. Photo: ©Peter Aaron ’68/Esto

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