2011 SummerScape and Bard Music Festival Brochure

BARDSUMMERSCAPE

July 7 – August 21, 2011 OPERA • THEATER • DANCE • OPERETTA • MUSIC • FILM • SPIEGELTENT and THE 22ND BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL Sibelius and His World

“It has long been one of the most intellectually stimulating of all American summer festivals and frequently is one of the most musically satisfying.”

—the wall street journal

The Mythic Meets the Modern Bard SummerScape and the Bard Music Festival present “Sibelius and His World”

In the life and work of the 20th-century Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, Nordic myth and classical music traditions engage with the massing forces of modernism. A trove of works inspired by this engagement, by Sibelius and his contemporaries, will dazzle, delight, and enlighten the audiences of SummerScape 2011 and the Bard Music Festival, of which Sibelius is this year’s celebrated composer.

Now in its ninth season, SummerScape has earned its sobriquet as “the preeminent arts festival in the Northeast.” This year’s highlights include Die Liebe der Danae, an unfairly neglected opera by Richard Strauss that makes masterful use of drama, comedy, and romance in its retelling of a Greek myth; a strikingly staged production of Henrik Ibsen’s tragicomedy The Wild Duck; a triple bill of dances by the Tero Saarinen Company, led by Finland’s most inventive and challenging choreographer; and a staging of Bitter Sweet, the first operetta from the pen of Noël Coward, one of the last century’s most brilliantly varied theatrical talents.

This season’s SummerScape film festival celebrates the genius of Nordic cinema, featuring films that span the silent era to the present by such gifted filmmakers as Carl Dreyer, Ingmar Bergman, and Aki Kaurismäki. And once again, the luxurious interior of the Spiegeltent plays host to the liveliest nightlife in the region, as well as to matinée shows for children and fine dining before or after the show.

Celebrating Sibelius, the 22nd annual Bard Music Festival explores the life, work, and creative alliances and antagonisms of the Finnish composer, who was embraced by the public, especially in America, but slighted by many of his contemporaries and critics of his day. A rich selection of his music—including symphonies, choral works, chamber music, and songs that have their roots in Finnish folklore—will be presented, along with works by composers whose careers crossed, complemented, or sharply diverged from his. Concerts take place in the acoustically superb Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry, and other venues on Bard’s beautiful Hudson River campus.

Come see for yourself why the New York Times has called Bard SummerScape “part boot camp for the brain, part spa for the spirit.”

The 2011 SummerScape season is made possible in part through the generous support of 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, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Consulate General of Finland in New York and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.

The honorary patron for SummerScape 2011 and the 22nd annual Bard Music Festival is Martti Ahtisaari, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former president of Finland.

Tickets and latest program updates at fishercenter.bard.edu image From Franz Schreker’s The Distant Sound, SummerScape 2010. Photo by Cory Weaver. cover image Lake Keitele, 1905, Akseli Gallen-Kallela. ©National Gallery, London/Art Resource, NY.

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“The evening is more than three wonderfully provocative dance pieces. Equally impressive is how Saarinen has structured the program. The build, from one dance to the next in terms of mood and impact, is architectural perfection.”

—the globe and mail

Tero Saarinen Company triple bill

Westward Ho! Wavelengths HUNT Japanese Butoh, Kabuki, martial arts, classical ballet, Western contemporary dance—Finnish choreographer Tero Saarinen combines and reinvents them all. One of Europe’s most innovative and daring dance artists, he is known for creating “total artworks” that blend singular choreography, charismatic performance, and stunning visuals. His work is performed regularly by such prestigious companies as Lyon Opéra Ballet, Batsheva Dance Company, and Nederlands Dans Theater, in addition to his own celebrated troupe. From their home base in Helsinki, Saarinen’s company travels all over the world to perform and teach his work.

The Tero Saarinen Company launches SummerScape 2011 with a triple bill of works that plumb themes of friendship, love, and death. Westward Ho! is a quietly humorous, strangely melancholy portrayal of friendships that have begun to dip in and out of selfishness and betrayal. Wavelengths focuses on a couple that is trying to escape the threatening ho-hum of their long-term relationship. The triple bill concludes with Saarinen himself performing the solo piece HUNT to Igor Stravinsky’s score for The Rite of Spring. About HUNT, Saarinen says, “I wanted to dive into the mind and inner conflicts of a person being sacrificed—and of one who offers himself as sacrifice.” sosnoff theater July 7*, 8, and 9* + at 8 pm July 10† at 3 pm Tickets: $25, 40, 45, 55

* Round-trip transportation from Manhattan to Bard is available for this performance. Reservations are required. + SummerScape Gala Benefit dinner and post-performance party. See page 22 for details.

† Round-trip shuttle between the MetroNorth station in Poughkeepsie, the Amtrak station in Rhinecliff, and Bard is available for this performance. Reservations are required.

Tickets and latest program updates at fishercenter.bard.edu image Tero Saarinen in HUNT. Photo by Marita Liulia.

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“You forget that you are in a theatre; to look on with horror and pity at a profound tragedy, shaking with laughter all the time at an irresistible comedy.”

—george bernard shaw, in a review of the wild duck, 1895

The Wild Duck

By Henrik Ibsen

Directed by Caitriona McLaughlin John McDermott, set designer An exquisitely constructed and richly nuanced work, The Wild Duck has often been called “the master’s masterpiece.” In this 1884 tragicomedy, Henrik Ibsen reached new heights of poetic realism, while asking whether happiness is possible after the illusions that sustain existence have been shattered.

When Gregers Werle returns from a self-imposed exile, he spurns his family’s opulent home and lucrative business, instead taking a modest room in the attic apartments of Hjalmar Ekdal, a former classmate, and his family. Gripped by “an acute case of inflamed scruples,” Gregers then begins to dismantle the latticework of lies that has kept life tolerable for the Ekdals, each of whom bears the wounds of a long-suppressed secret. The play is directed by Caitriona McLaughlin, who staged last summer’s acclaimed production of Ödön von Horváth’s Judgment Day. theater two July 13†, 17†, 20†, and 24† at 3 pm July 14–16* and 21–23* at 8 pm Tickets: $45

* Round-trip transportation from Manhattan to Bard is available for this performance. Reservations are required.

† Round-trip shuttle between the MetroNorth station in Poughkeepsie, the Amtrak station in Rhinecliff, and Bard is available for this performance. Reservations are required.

Generous support for this program is provided by Martin and Toni Sosnoff.

Tickets and latest program updates at fishercenter.bard.edu image Henrik Ibsen, 1890. Apic/Contributor/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

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“I was never revolutionary. The only true revolutionary in our time was Richard Strauss.”

—arnold schoenberg

Die Liebe der Danae

By Richard Strauss

American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director Directed by Kevin Newbury Rafael Viñoly, set designer In this rarely performed masterpiece, the powerful god Jupiter and the lowly donkey driver Midas compete for the love of beautiful Danae. At first interested only in money, Danae undergoes the growing realization that Midas has taken an unrelenting hold on her affections, just as the aging Jupiter realizes the time has come for him to withdraw from amorous competition. A Mozartean blend of comedy, romance, and drama on the themes of transformation and acceptance of life’s changes, the opera is brilliantly illuminated by Richard Strauss’s celebrated orchestral mastery.

Enamored with the culture of classical Greece, Strauss styled himself “the Grecian German” and drew on Greek mythology for such operas as Elektra, Ariadne auf Naxos, and Daphne. Late in life, inspired by a long-forgotten suggestion from librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal, he turned to Hellenic subjects once again for Die Liebe der Danae. Dynamic young stage director Kevin Newbury collaborates with renowned architect Rafael Viñoly on this new production. sosnoff theater

opera talk with leon botstein

July 29* and August 5 at 7 pm

Sosnoff Theater, July 31 at 1 pm

July 31*† and August 3† and 7† at 3 pm

Free and open to the public

Tickets: $30, 60, 70, 90

Opera Talks are presented in memory of Sylvia Redlick Green.

* Round-trip transportation from Manhattan to Bard is available for this performance. Reservations are required.

† Round-trip shuttle between the MetroNorth station in Poughkeepsie, the Amtrak station in Rhinecliff, and Bard is available for this performance. Reservations are required.

Announcing our Premium Seating Program We are inaugurating a new program to help support our ambitious presentations of major works that are infrequently staged. The Premium Seating Program combines the very best seating with benefits ranging up to VIP reserved parking for all your Fisher Center performances this summer. For more information, call the Box Office Manager at 845-758-7948 or see page 28 in this brochure.

Special support for this program is provided by Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander.

Additional support has been generously provided by the Falconwood Foundation, Inc., and Robert W. Wilson.

Tickets and latest program updates at fishercenter.bard.edu image Danae and the Shower of Gold (krater detail), bce ca. 430. Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY.

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“Noël Coward was very clever at knowing, just before the public did, what they really wanted.”

—sheridan morley, coward’s biographer

Bitter Sweet

By Noël Coward

Directed by Michael Gieleta Conducted by James Bagwell Adrian W. Jones, set designer This charming operetta—his first—is pure Noël Coward: he wrote the music, book, and lyrics, and directed the London and Broadway premieres in 1929. Bitter Sweet tells the story of a young opera singer who falls in love with her voice teacher and goes on to make a career of singing his music—but at a heartbreaking personal cost.

The son of an unsuccessful piano salesman from suburban London, by his early adulthood Noël Coward (1899–1973) could have easily been called the first British pop star: he was already known on both sides of the Atlantic as a composer, lyricist, actor, singer, and director. His music, musicals, operettas, and oft-quoted lyrics and witticisms—for example, “Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor”—lifted his countrymen’s spirits during the difficult years following World War I. His life really was, as he remarked, “one long extravaganza.” theater two

opera talk with james bagwell

August 4*, 6, and 11 at 8 pm

Theater Two, August 7 at 5 pm

August 5, 10†, and 12†, 13*, and 14† at 3 pm

Free and open to the public

August 7 at 7 pm

Opera Talks are presented in memory of Sylvia Redlick Green.

Tickets: $55

* Round-trip transportation from Manhattan to Bard is available for this performance. Reservations are required.

† Round-trip shuttle between the MetroNorth station in Poughkeepsie, the Amtrak station in Rhinecliff, and Bard is available for this performance. Reservations are required.

Tickets and latest program updates at fishercenter.bard.edu image Cover of the score published in London, 1929. Lebrecht Music & Arts.

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“If I could express the same thing with words as with music, I would, of course, use a verbal expression. Music is something autonomous and much richer. Music begins where the possibilities of language end. That is why I write music.”

—jean sibelius, interview with berlingske tidende, 1919

twenty-second season

The Bard Music Festival

Sibelius and His World When a survey was conducted in the mid-1930s to identify the composer whose music was the most popular among American concert audiences, the startling surprise was that the winner was Jean Sibelius (1865–1957). Yet this embrace by the public was matched by an equally startling alliance of certain critics and musicians who derided Sibelius’s music. Some dismissed him as a second-rate composer, his music deemed old-fashioned and undemanding. At best, he was condescendingly pigeonholed as an overrated representative of the modern spirit of a young nation on the “periphery” of Europe.

Although Sibelius lived to the venerable age of 91, as a composer he fell silent during the last 30 years of his life. But his silence did not prevent him from becoming the undisputed hero to his native Finland: the most recognizable and celebrated cultural icon in modern Finnish history, a status that has not diminished since his death. At the same time, Sibelius continued to be dismissed as a holdover from the 19th century, out of step with modernism. This has all changed. Beginning in the last decades of the 20th century, a worldwide renaissance of interest in Sibelius has occurred—due in part to Finland’s emergence as a cultural and economic model for Europe; to the pioneering work of Finnish scholars; to the advocacy of Finnish musicians, working all over the globe; and to the waning allure of Stravinsky and Schoenberg as exemplary architects of the modern. A new generation of composers and musicians came to view Sibelius as an original, a master of musical form and sound, notably in the medium of the orchestra. At the center of 20th-century classical musical culture we now see Sibelius alongside Richard Strauss, two composers once deemed old-fashioned and even reactionary.

This year’s Bard Music Festival seeks to unravel key enigmatic and paradoxical aspects of Sibelius’s life, music, and influence. It will explore the full range of Sibelius’s work, his Scandinavian predecessors and contemporaries and his colleagues in Europe and North America (composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams and Samuel Barber, both profoundly influenced by Sibelius). The festival will situate Sibelius in Finland and beyond, exploring sensitive and difficult subjects, such as Sibelius’s attitude toward Nazi Germany and the roots of his mid-century popularity. Politics, literature, painting, and architecture will be brought to bear in an effort to explode the many clichés about Sibelius that, through praise and criticism alike, trap us in an idea of the composer as quintessentially Finnish and Nordic. The 2011 Bard Music Festival seeks to expose the full range and depth of Sibelius’s achievement and place in history.

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 National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts.

Additional underwriting had been provided by Jeanne Donovan Fisher, James H. Ottaway Jr., Felicitas S. Thorne, Helen and Roger Alcaly, Bettina Baruch Foundation, Mrs. Mortimer Levitt, Michelle R. Clayman, Homeland Foundation, Joanna M. Migdal, 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. image Jean Sibelius, 1894. Akseli Gallen-Kallela. akg-images.

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The Maidens of the Headland, from the Kalevala, 1919–20, Joseph Alanen. Photo by Jari Kuusenaho. Tampere Art Museum.

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imagining finland Although celebrated as the quintessential patriot of Finland and a paragon of both the Finnish language and an ancient mythic and folk tradition, Sibelius was most comfortable throughout his life speaking and writing in Swedish. His development as a musician took place only partly in Finland. He went to Berlin and Vienna and traveled regularly away from home in order to compose. The young Sibelius was a rake, a rebel with a taste for the elegant life, a stark contrast to the reclusive, ascetic, and forbidding image we cherish of the mature artist living in isolation. This weekend explores Sibelius’s early years and the role in his development played by a generation of artists and intellectuals who sought to define the culture of modern Finland and the essence of the Scandinavian and the North in Europe. Sibelius had been part of a seminal cadre of Finnish artists and intellectuals that included the painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela and the architect Eliel Saarinen. Besides engaging with contemporary Scandinavian culture as exemplified by August Strindberg, Carl Nielson, Wilhelm Stenhammar, and Knut Hamsun, that group also contributed to leading pan-European artistic movements.

2011 Bard Music Festival Opening Night Dinner | Friday, August 12 at 5 pm Tickets include a pre-performance dinner in the Spiegeltent and a premium seat for the evening's concert.

To purchase opening night dinner tickets, please contact Andrea Guido at 845-758-7414 or guido@bard.edu.

Please note: the Spiegeltent will be closed for regular dining on the evening of the dinner.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 program one

Jean Sibelius: National Symbol, International Iconoclast sosnoff theater 7 pm preconcert talk: Leon Botstein 8 pm performance: Henning Kraggerud, violin; Christiane Libor, soprano; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) Finlandia, Op. 26 (1900); From Humoresques, Opp. 87 and 89 (1917); Luonnotar, Op. 70 (1913); Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52 (1907); Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82 (1915; rev. 1916 and 1919)

Tickets $30, 50, 60, 75

SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 panel one

Why Did He Fall Silent?: The Public and Private Sibelius olin hall 10 am – noon Christopher H. Gibbs, moderator; Scott Burnham; Glenda Dawn Goss; Vesa Sirén Free and open to the public program two

Berlin and Vienna: The Artist as a Young Man olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk: Christopher Hailey 1:30 pm performance: Edward Arron, cello; Jeremy Denk, piano; Melis Jaatinen, mezzo-soprano; Jesse Mills, violin; Pei-Yao Wang, piano; and others Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) Seven Songs (Runeberg), Op. 13 (1891–92); Piano Quintet in G Minor (1890) Karl Goldmark (1830–1915) Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 39 (1892) Albert Becker (1834–1899) Adagio religioso No. 7, Op. 94 (1898) Robert Fuchs (1847–1927) String Trio, Op. 61, No. 1 (1898) Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924) From Ten Choral Preludes (1907–09)

Tickets: $35 program three

Kalevala: Myth and the Birth of a Nation sosnoff theater 7 pm preconcert talk: Glenda Dawn Goss 8 pm performance: Christiane Libor, soprano; John Hancock, baritone; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island, Op. 22 (1895; rev. 1897, 1939); Kullervo, choral symphony, Op. 7 (1891–92) Robert Kajanus (1856–1933) Aino, symphonic poem (1885)

Tickets: $30, 50, 60, 75

Tickets and latest program updates at fishercenter.bard.edu

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 program four

White Nights—Dark Mornings: Creativity, Depression, and Addiction olin hall 10 am performance: With Kay Redfield Jamison in conversation with Leon Botstein; with Gustav Djupsjöbacka, piano; Erica Kiesewetter, violin; Robert Martin, cello; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Pei-Yao Wang, piano; and others Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) Svartsjukans Nätter (Nights of Jealousy) (1888); Valse triste, Op. 44/1 (1904) Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) From Lyric Pieces, Op. 54 (1889–91) Songs by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867–1942); Frederick Delius (1862–1934); Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949); Alma Mahler (1879–1964); and Jean Sibelius

Tickets: $30 program five

Aurora Borealis: Nature and Music in Finland and Scandinavia olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk: Jeffrey Kallberg 1:30 pm performance: Members of the Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; Gustav Djupsjöbacka, piano; Marka Gustavsson, viola; Melis Jaatinen, mezz0-soprano; Robert Martin, cello; Harumi Rhodes, violin; Sharon Roffman, violin Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) Six Part Songs, Op. 18 (1895–1901) Johan Svendsen (1840–1911) Romance, for violin and piano (1881) Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) Haugtussa, Op. 67 (1895) Christian Sinding (1856–1941) Rustle of Spring, Op. 32/3 (1896) Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927) Quartet No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 25 (1904–09) Songs by Toivo Kuula (1883–1918)

Tickets: $35 program six

To the Finland Station: Sibelius and Russia* sosnoff theater 5 pm preconcert talk: Marina Kostalevsky 5:30 pm performance: Marka Gustavsson, viola; Melis Jaatinen, mezzo-soprano; Christiane Libor, soprano; Robert Martin, cello; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Harumi Rhodes, violin; Sharon Roffman, violin; Jonathan Spitz, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Pei-Yao Wang, piano; Orion Weiss, piano; Bard Festival Chamber Players Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) Kyllikki, Op. 41 (1904); Canzonetta, Op. 62a (1911; arr. Stravinsky, 1963) Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–93) From Duets, Op. 46 (1880) Aleksandr Glazunov (1865–1936) String Quintet in A Major, Op. 39 (1891–92) Sergey Rachmaninov (1873–1943) Suite No. 2, Op. 17 (1900–01) Songs by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) and Jean Sibelius

Tickets: $25, 35, 45, 55

* Round-trip transportation from Manhattan to Bard is available for this performance. Reservations are required. † Round-trip shuttle between the MetroNorth station in Poughkeepsie, the Amtrak station in Rhinecliff, and Bard is available for this performance. Reservations are required.

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Helsinki Parliament House Plan, 1908, Eliel Saarinen. Museum of Finnish Architecture.

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sibelius: conservative or modernist?

The second weekend confronts Sibelius’s reputation, reception, and influence in Europe and America after the First World War. To what extent was Sibelius actually tied to and representative of something uniquely Finnish and Nordic? Can we get beyond our attraction to his music as persuasively communicative of a romanticized image of an alluring novel landscape and heritage? What lies beneath the ethnic and nationalist stereotype: the bald and forbidding genius living an isolated life outside of Helsinki in rural Finland, beset by depression and alcoholism? We accept that Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven transcended the context of their times. And there were those who, from the start of his career, saw in Sibelius the true 20th-century heir to Beethoven, sensing in his music a path for modernity different from the routes charted by Mahler, Stravinsky, and Schoenberg. The presumed antimodernist streak in his music will be examined in the context of political and cultural history, as will his struggle with the limits of language, the legacy of music history, and his deep engagement with nature.

Special Event: Finnish Short Films | Friday, August 19 at 4:30 pm Including the American premiere of Luonnotar, written and directed by Marikki Hakola, Finland's preeminent video artist. Weis Cinema. Free and open to the public.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 symposium

Architecture, Design, and Finnish Identity Multipurpose Room, Bertelsmann Campus Center 10 am – noon 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Nina Stritzler-Levine, moderator Free and open to the public program seven

Nordic Purity, Aryan Fantasies, and Music sosnoff theater 7:30 pm preconcert talk: Byron Adams 8 pm performance: Daedalus Quartet; Alexandra Knoll, oboe; Anna Polonsky, piano; Orion Weiss, piano; Bard Festival Chamber Players; and others Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) The Wood Nymph, Op. 15 (1895); Song of the Athenians, Op. 31/3 (1899); works for brass Anton Bruckner (1824–96) From Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, arr. for piano duet (1878; arr. Mahler, 1879) Amy Beach (1867–1944) Eskimos, Op. 64 (1907) Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974) Piano Quintet, Op. 31bis (1928) Howard Hanson (1896–1981) Pastorale, Op. 38 (1949) Songs by Yrjö Kilpinen (1892–1959)

Tickets: $25, 35, 45, 55

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 program eight

From the Nordic Folk olin hall 10 am performance: With commentary by Daniel Grimley; with Piia Kleemola, violin; Sophie Shao, cello; Pei-Yao Wang, piano; Orion Weiss, piano Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) Six Finnish Folksongs (1902–03) Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) From Slåtter (Norwegian Peasant Dances), Op. 72 (1902–03); Klokkeklang, Op. 54/6 (1889–91) Percy Grainger (1882–1961) From La Scandinavie (Scandinavian Suite) (1902) Belá Bartók (1881–1945) From 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 79 (1914, 1918) Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) La vallée des cloches (1904–05) Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937) From Mazurkas, Op. 50 (1924–26) Toivo Kuula (1883–1918) Folksong arrangements for violin and piano, Op. 3a (1906)

Tickets: $30 program nine

Finnish Modern olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk: Veijo Murtomäki 1:30 pm performance: Daedalus Quartet; Bard Festival Chamber Players; Anna Polonsky, piano; and others Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) String Quartet “Voces intimae,” in D Minor, Op. 56 (1909) Erkki Melartin (1875–1937) String Trio, Op. 133 (1926–27) Leevi Madetoja (1887–1947) Syksy (Autumn), Op. 68 (1930–40) Aarre Merikanto (1893–1958) “Schott” Concerto (1924)

Tickets: $35

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 continued program ten

The Heritage of Symbolism* sosnoff theater 7 pm preconcert talk: Anne-Marie Reynolds 8 pm performance: Yulia Van Doren, soprano; Tyler Duncan, baritone; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) The Oceanides, Op. 73 (1914); The Swan of Tuonela and Lemminkäinen’s Return, Op. 22 (1895, rev. 1897, 1900); Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 63 (1911) Carl Nielsen (1865–1931) Symphony No. 3, Op. 27 (Sinfonia espansiva) (1910–11) Väinö Raitio (1891–1945) Joutsenet (The Swans), Op. 15 (1919)

Tickets: $30, 50, 60, 75

SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 panel two

Sibelius and the 20th Century olin hall 10 am – noon Ian Buruma, moderator; Leon Botstein, Tomi Mäkelä, Jann Pasler Free and open to the public program eleven

Nostalgia and the Challenge of Modernity olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk: Richard Wilson 1:30 pm performance: Mary Caponegro, narrator; Melvin Chen, piano; faculty and students of The Bard College Conservatory of Music; Eric Wyrick, violin; and others Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) Violin Sonatina in E Major, Op. 80 (1916); Five Esquisses, Op. 114 (1929); The Lonely Ski Trail (1925) Richard Strauss (1864–1949) Sonatina No. 1 “Aus der Werkstatt eines Invaliden” (1943) Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936) Il Tramonto (The Sunset) (1914)

Tickets: $30 program twelve

Silence and Influence† sosnoff theater 3:30 pm preconcert talk: Christopher H. Gibbs 4:30 pm performance: American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) Tapiola, Op. 112 (1926); Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105 (1924) Samuel Barber (1910–81) Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (1936) Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) Symphony No. 5 in D Major (1938–43, rev. 1951)

Tickets: $30, 50, 60, 75

* Round-trip transportation from Manhattan to Bard is available for this performance. Reservations are required. † Round-trip shuttle between the MetroNorth station in Poughkeepsie, the Amtrak station in Rhinecliff, and Bard is available for this performance. Reservations are required.

Tickets and latest program updates at fishercenter.bard.edu

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Wild Strawberries, 1957. ©Photofest

film festival

Before and After Bergman: The Best of Nordic Film Inspired by the Bard Music Festival’s focus on Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, the SummerScape 2011 film festival celebrates three widely divergent aspects of Nordic cinema. The first is the so-called golden age of the industry, most notably seen in the works of two Swedish directors, Mauritz Stiller and Victor Sjöström, and their Danish counterparts Benjamin Christensen and Carl Dreyer. These silent films’ vividly photographed northern landscapes serve as a haunting backdrop for sophisticated characterizations and restrained performances. The second is the psychologically penetrating, erotically candid work of the legendary Ingmar Bergman. The festival concludes with a double feature of films by the still-active Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki, an artist primarily known for his darkly comic vision of working-class life.

Once again, Bard SummerScape is pleased to present all titles on 35mm film (whenever possible).

Silent films have live piano accompaniment.

Films are screened at the Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center in the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Center.

All Film Tickets: $8 Tickets and latest program updates at fishercenter.bard.edu

The Outlaw and His Wife

Monika

1918, directed by and starring Victor Sjöström A land-owning widow runs off into the mountains with a mysterious wanderer who is being hunted by the law.

Silent. 136 minutes.

July 14 at 7 pm

1953, written and directed by Ingmar Bergman The film that made Bergman’s international reputation, primarily for its candid treatment of eroticism. Things get tough for a young, carefree couple when they start raising a child. Swedish (subtitled). 96 minutes.

August 4 at 7 pm

Sir Arne’s Treasure 1919, directed by Mauritz Stiller The story of the consequences of an unspeakable murder in 16th-century Sweden. Based on a novel by Selma Lagerlöf.

Silent. 106 minutes.

July 17 at 7 pm

The Phantom Carriage 1921; written, directed by, and starring Victor Sjöström After dying in a brawl, a drunkard is forced to address his life’s failings. Considered one of the great classics of Scandinavian film, and the inspiration for Bergman’s early masterpiece, Wild Strawberries (1957). Also based on a novel

by Selma Lagerlöf. Silent. 103 minutes.

July 21 at 7 pm

Smiles of a Summer Night 1955, written and directed by Ingmar Bergman A woman married to an older man has remained a virgin even after three years of marriage. A lighthearted sex farce, and one of Bergman’s most influential films. Swedish (subtitled). 108 minutes.

August 7 at 4 pm

Wild Strawberries 1957, written and directed by Ingmar Bergman While on a journey to receive an award, an aging professor of medicine recollects and reassesses the coldness and emptiness of his life. Swedish (subtitled). 91 minutes.

August 7 at 7 pm

Häxan

Persona

1922, written, directed by, and starring Benjamin Christensen A series of impressive vignettes explores medieval witchcraft from a variety of aspects. A highly celebrated film that can only be labeled an imaginative documentary.

Silent. 104 minutes.

July 24 at 4 pm

1966, written and directed by Ingmar Bergman A masterpiece of cinematic modernism in which the writer/director analyzes his own psyche through the dreamlike drama of a neurotic actress and her nurse.

Swedish (subtitled). 85 minutes.

August 11 at 7 pm

The Passion of Anna The Saga of Gösta Berling 1924, directed by Mauritz Stiller This romantic epic made its stars (Greta Garbo and Lars Hanson) and director internationally famous. Silent. 186 minutes.

July 24 at 7 pm

1969, written and directed by Ingmar Bergman A deeply troubled man befriends an equally troubled married couple, then has a love affair with a grieving widow. Swedish (subtitled). 101 minutes.

August 14 at 4 pm

Cries and Whispers Michael 1924, directed by Carl Dreyer An early Dreyer masterpiece, this restrained, nuanced drama centers on an aging artist’s homosexual love for his young protégé. Silent. 90 minutes.

July 28 at 7 pm

The Wind 1928, directed by Victor Sjöström Considered Sjöström’s best film from his brief Hollywood sojourn. Lillian Gish is unforgettable as a pioneer struggling alone in West Texas. Silent. 95 minutes.

July 31 at 4 pm

Master of the House 1925, directed by Carl Dreyer A rare Dreyer comedy, in which a domestic tyrant gets both his comeuppance and an education. Silent. 107 minutes.

July 31 at 7 pm

1972, written and directed by Ingmar Bergman A dying woman is visited by her two sisters; the encounter brings the complications of their relationships to the surface. Notable for its haunting, painterly beauty. Swedish (subtitled). 91 minutes.

August 14 at 7 pm double feature Both films written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki

Shadows in Paradise 1986 A slice of life from the world of a solitary garbage man: a friend is killed; he has an affair. From Kaurismäki’s darkly comic trilogy of films about proletarian life in Helsinki.

Finnish (subtitled). 76 minutes.

The Match Factory Girl 1990 A poor working girl, pregnant after a one-night stand, decides to exact revenge. Finnish (subtitled). 68 minutes.

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spiegeltent Spiegeltent Fun for Everyone Cabaret and more! Back by popular demand, the glittering “Mirror Tent” is the stage for a variety of performers, from daring acrobats to saucy cabaret acts to internationally known musicians. Before and after performances, enjoy light fare, meals, and drinks selected from the Hudson Valley’s farms, dairies, wineries, and breweries. Meet a date, bring the kids, get together with friends—the Spiegeltent is sure to please all palates!

SummerScape Opening Night: Free Dance Party!

Thursday, July 7 at 8:30 pm Free admission for all! Celebrate the start of the season with us—dance to live music under the tent, or under the stars, in the lovely SpiegelGarden. Drinks and food will be available for purchase.

2011 SummerScape Gala Benefit | Saturday, July 9 at 5:30 pm A festive dinner in the Spiegeltent precedes the performance by Tero Saarinen Company in the Sosnoff Theater. After the show, the celebration moves back to the Spiegeltent for a post-performance party with the dance company and special guests. Benefit tickets include dinner, premium seats for the Tero Saarinen Company performance, the post-performance party in the Spiegeltent, and the reward of supporting the Fisher Center.

For further information or to reserve your tickets, contact the Box Office Manager at 845-758-7948 or fishercenter@bard.edu. Please note: the Spiegeltent will be closed for regular dining on the evening of the Gala.

Afternoon Family Fare Saturday and Sunday at 3:30 pm Tickets: $5 children 3 and older, $15 adults Entertainment for audiences of all ages.

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus | July 16 and 17; August 13 and 14 Fantastic feats, amazing acrobatics, and eye-popping fun for the whole family.

Doktor Kaboom! | July 23 and 24 This one-man variety show takes audiences on a sidesplitting journey of spectacular (sometimes successful!) scientific experiments and demonstrations.

Bindlestiff Cavalcade of Youth | July 30 and 31 Juvenile jugglers, diminutive dancers, adolescent acrobats, and a host of other moppets and mummers present a full show of vernal vaudeville.

Swingin’ Jazz for Kids | August 6 and 7 Charismatic vocalist Lea Delaria and her band present an entertaining, interactive introduction to jazz.

Evening Cabaret Friday and Saturday at 8:30 pm Tickets: $25 (21 + only) Cabaret with an edge!

Joey Arias | July 8 “Before Gaga, there was Joey.”—Edge New York Performance-art virtuoso Arias knows how to enthrall an audience—he hung out with Warhol, toured with Madonna, and sang with Bowie.

Judy Gold | July 9 The Emmy award-winning comedian takes a night off from her long-running Off Broadway show 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother to entertain us with her hilarious, hardhitting monologue about life with, and as, a Jewish mother.

Weimar NYC | July 15 and 16 The alt-cabaret extravaganza returns to the Spiegeltent for a second year. Time Out New York called it “subversive, sexed-up, [and] slashingly political.” Possible nudity.

Wau Wau Sisters | July 22 and 23 The bawdy sisters return to SummerScape with their “irreverent, sacrilegious, lascivious” (New York Times) vaudeville act. Possible nudity.

Tango-Orkesteri Unto | July 29 The dream team of Finnish tango music.

Two Man Gentleman Band | July 30 Hot, raucous, retro swing performed with great enthusiasm and skill.

Lea Delaria | August 5 Jazz singer, actor, writer, and stand-up comic Delaria “talks like a coffee grinder, and sounds like a cross between Ella Fitzgerald and a Broadway diva” (Guardian, London).

Tango Night | August 6 No partner necessary! Learn to tango from the masters, to live music. A big hit last year with dancers of all abilities.

Checkpoint KBK | August 12 Checkpoint KBK combines the talents of avant-garde klezmer clarinetist David Krakauer, Czech violinist-vocalist Iva Bittova, and Bosnian-born composer-accordionist Merima Kljuco.

Tickets and latest program updates at fishercenter.bard.edu photo Karl Rabe

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus | August 13 It’s a wonder the Bindlestiffs’ heads aren’t too big for their wigs—but they’re not. They love performing at SummerScape, and they sell out the Spiegeltent every year. Book early!

Starlight Swing Night | August 19 Swing the Spiegel with Chester and Linda Freeman of Got2Lindy.

Happy Ending Music and Reading Series | August 20 "A perenially killer event"—Village Voice Compelling storytellers and musicians perform original and cover songs—and try to convince the audience to sing along.

Thursday Night Live Thursdays, 8:30 pm – midnight $15 Music from everywhere, for everyone—klezmer, Bhangra, mambo, and more.

Irish Night | July 14 The best of the Irish Catskills’ craic and céilí comes to Bard.

Klezmer Night | July 21 Isle of Klezbos is not your bubbe’s klezmer! This soulful, fun-loving powerhouse sextet plays wildly imaginative Jewish folk music inspired by a kaleidoscope of other styles.

African Night | July 28 An evening of joyful, infectious dance music performed by Balla Kouyate, the preeminent balafon (West African percussion) player of his generation.

Bhangra Night | August 4 Red Baraat joyfully blends Punjabi hip-hop and sousaphonedriven brass funk into an intoxicating rhythm-based sound.

Latin Night | August 11 With their unique mélange of Afro-Cuban, salsa, mambo, and Brazilian beats, Nova Kikongo brings in the Latin funk at its most danceable.

Gypsy Night | August 18 Tackling everything from wild Serbian anthems to French hot jazz, the fiery Fishtank Ensemble is “one of the most thrilling young acts on the planet” (LA Weekly).

SpiegelClub Friday and Saturday, 10 pm – 1 am (21 + only) $5 cover (pay at the door; waived for SummerScape ticket holders) A late-night bar and dance floor with NYC and local DJs spinning a variety of tunes on a state-of-the-art sound and lighting system. From pop to hip-hop, funk, and the occasional theme night. DJ information and other program updates at fishercenter.bard.edu.

Dine at the Spiegeltent Lunch: Saturday and Sunday, July 10 – August 21, 1–3 pm Dinner: Thursday through Sunday, July 7 – August 21, 5:30–8 pm Before and after SummerScape performances, enjoy classic summer fare from the Hudson Valley. Drinks and snacks are available throughout the evening.

Dinner reservations: 845-758-7900.

On Sunday, August 14 and Sunday, August 21, dining will be available at the Spiegeltent from 1 to 8 pm. The Spiegeltent will be closed for dining on July 9 and August 12. Dining will not be available July 17 23

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20 † 3 pm The Wild Duck (Theater Two)

14 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) 7 pm The Outlaw and His Wife (Ottaway) 8 pm The Wild Duck (Theater Two) 8:30 pm Irish Night (Spiegeltent)

21 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) 7 pm The Phantom Carriage (Ottaway) 8 pm The Wild Duck (Theater Two) 8:30 pm Klezmer Night (Spiegeltent)

28 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) 7 pm Michael (Ottaway) 8:30 pm African Night (Spiegeltent)

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3 † 3 pm Die Liebe der Danae (Sosnoff)

10 † 3 pm Bitter Sweet (Theater Two)

4 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) 7 pm Monika (Ottaway) * 8 pm Bitter Sweet (Theater Two) 8:30 pm Bhangra Night (Spiegeltent)

11 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) 7 pm Persona (Ottaway) 8 pm Bitter Sweet (Theater Two) 8:30 pm Latin Night (Spiegeltent)

18 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) 7 pm Kaurismäki Double Feature (Ottaway) 8:30 pm Gypsy Night (Spiegeltent) Tickets and latest program updates at fishercenter.bard.edu

* Round-trip transportation from Manhattan to Bard is available for this performance.

Reservations are required. † Round-trip shuttle between the MetroNorth station in Poughkeepsie, the Amtrak station in Rhinecliff, and Bard is available for this performance. Reservations are required.

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15 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) 8 pm The Wild Duck (Theater Two) 8:30 pm Weimar NYC (Spiegeltent) 10 pm SpiegelClub (Spiegeltent)

22 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) 8 pm The Wild Duck (Theater Two) 8:30 pm Wau Wau Sisters (Spiegeltent) 10 pm SpiegelClub (Spiegeltent)

29 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) * 7 pm Die Liebe der Danae (Sosnoff) 8:30 pm Tango from Finland (Spiegeltent) 10 pm SpiegelClub (Spiegeltent)

5:30 Gala Dinner (Spiegeltent) * 8 pm Tero Saarinen (Sosnoff) 8:30 pm Judy Gold (Spiegeltent) 11 pm SpiegelClub (Spiegeltent)

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23 1–3 pm Lunch (Spiegeltent) 3:30 pm Doktor Kaboom! (Spiegeltent) 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) * 8 pm The Wild Duck (Theater Two) 8:30 pm Wau Wau Sisters (Spiegeltent) 10 pm SpiegelClub (Spiegeltent)

30 1–3 pm Lunch (Spiegeltent) 3:30 pm Cavalcade (Spiegeltent) 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) 8:30 pm Two Man Gentleman Band (Spiegeltent) 10 pm SpiegelClub (Spiegeltent)

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3 pm Bitter Sweet (Theater Two) 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) 7 pm Die Liebe der Danae (Sosnoff) 8:30 pm Lea Delaria (Spiegeltent) 10 pm SpiegelClub (Spiegeltent)

1–3 pm Lunch (Spiegeltent) 3:30 pm Jazz for Kids (Spiegeltent) 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) 8 pm Bitter Sweet (Theater Two) 8:30 pm Tango Night (Spiegeltent) 10 pm Spiegelclub (Spiegeltent)

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19 10 am BMF Symposium (Bertelsmann) 1:30 pm BMF Symposium (Bertelsmann) 4:30 pm Finnish Short Films (Weis) 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) 7:30 pm BMF Preconcert Talk (Sosnoff) 8 pm BMF Program Seven (Sosnoff) 8:30 pm Swing Night (Spiegeltent) 10 pm SpiegelClub (Spiegeltent)

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1–3 pm Lunch (Spiegeltent) 1–3 pm Lunch (Spiegeltent) 3:30 pm Bindlestiffs (all ages) (Spiegeltent) † 3 pm The Wild Duck (Theater Two) 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) 3:30 pm Bindlestiffs (all ages) (Spiegeltent) 7 pm Sir Arne’s Treasure (Ottaway) * 8 pm The Wild Duck (Theater Two) 8:30 pm Weimar NYC (Spiegeltent) 10 pm SpiegelClub (Spiegeltent)

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† 3 pm Bitter Sweet (Theater Two) 5 pm BMF Opening Night Dinner (Spiegeltent) 7 pm Preconcert Talk (Sosnoff) 8 pm BMF Program 1 (Sosnoff) 8:30 pm Checkpoint KBK (Spiegeltent) 10 pm SpiegelClub (Spiegeltent)

1–3 pm Lunch (Spiegeltent) † 3 pm Tero Saarinen (Sosnoff) 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent)

24 1–3 pm Lunch (Spiegeltent) † 3 pm The Wild Duck (Theater Two) 3:30 pm Doktor Kaboom! (Spiegeltent) 4 pm Häxan (Ottaway) 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) 7 pm The Saga of Gösta Berling (Ottaway)

31 1–3 pm Lunch (Spiegeltent) 1 pm Opera Talk (Sosnoff) * † 3 pm Die Liebe der Danae (Sosnoff) 3:30 pm Cavalcade (Spiegeltent) 4 pm The Wind (Ottaway) 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) 7 pm Master of the House (Ottaway)

7 1–3 pm Lunch (Spiegeltent) † 3 pm Die Liebe der Danae (Sosnoff) 3:30 pm Jazz for Kids (Spiegeltent) 4 pm Smiles of a Summer Night (Ottaway) 5:30–8 pm Dinner (Spiegeltent) 5 pm Opera Talk (Theater Two) 7 pm Bitter Sweet (Theater Two) 7 pm Wild Strawberries (Ottaway)

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10 am BMF Panel One (Olin) 10 am BMF Program Four (Olin) 1 pm BMF Preconcert Talk (Olin) 1 pm BMF Preconcert Talk (Olin) 1:30 pm BMF Program Two (Olin) 1:30 pm BMF Program Five (Olin) 1–8 pm Dining (Spiegeltent) 1–8 pm Dining (Spiegeltent) † 3 pm Bitter Sweet (Theater Two) * 3 pm Bitter Sweet (Theater Two) 3:30 pm Bindlestiffs (all ages) (Spiegeltent) 3:30 pm Bindlestiffs (all ages) (Spiegeltent) 7 pm BMF Preconcert Talk (Sosnoff) 4 pm The Passion of Anna (Ottaway) 8 pm BMF Program Three (Sosnoff) 5 pm BMF Preconcert Talk (Sosnoff) 8:30 pm Bindlestiffs (adults) (Spiegeltent) * 5:30 pm BMF Program Six (Sosnoff) 10 pm SpiegelClub (Spiegeltent) 7 pm Cries and Whispers (Ottaway)

20 10 am BMF Program Eight (Olin) 1 pm BMF Preconcert Talk (Olin) 1:30 pm BMF Program Nine (Olin) 1–8 pm Dining (Spiegeltent) 7 pm BMF Preconcert Talk (Sosnoff) * 8 pm BMF Program Ten (Sosnoff) 8:30 pm Happy Ending (Spiegeltent) 10 pm SpiegelClub (Spiegeltent)

21 10 am BMF Panel Two (Olin) 1 pm BMF Preconcert Talk (Olin) 1:30 pm BMF Program Eleven (Olin) 1–8 pm Dining (Spiegeltent) 3:30 pm BMF Preconcert Talk (Sosnoff) † 4:30 pm BMF Program Twelve (Sosnoff) 8:30 pm Closing Night Party (Spiegeltent) 25

Support The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College friends of the fisher center Since its opening in 2003, the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts has transformed cultural life in the Hudson Valley with world-class programming. Our continued success depends on individuals such as you. Become a Friend of the Fisher Center today.

Individual Giving Friends of the Fisher Center membership is designed to give individual donors the opportunity to support their favorite programs through the Fisher Center Council or Bard Music Festival Council.

As a Friend of the Fisher Center, you will enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at Center presentations as well as exclusive special events and services throughout the year.

Corporate Giving Many opportunities exist for corporate sponsorship and patronage of the Fisher Center and its programs. By joining the Corporate Council, your company and its employees not only show their support for the Hudson Valley cultural community, but also receive a wide range of marketing opportunities and membership benefits.

The Fisher Center will work closely with Council members to create the benefits package best suited to their needs.

As a Friend of the Fisher Center or Corporate Council member, you will gain access to a number of exclusive special events and services created for supporters. Membership levels vary, and based on your gift amount, benefits may include: • Advance notice of programming • Free tours of the Fisher Center • Invitations for you and a guest to a season preview event • Invitations for you and a guest to a backstage technical demonstration • A copy of the Bard Music Festival book • Access to an exclusive telephone line for Patron Priority handling of ticket orders • Invitations for you and a guest to a reception with the artists For more information on how to become a Friend of the Fisher Center, contact the Box Office Manager at 845-758-7948 or fishercenter@bard.edu. You can also make a gift or schedule monthly gifts to be automatically transferred from your checking account or credit card by visiting fishercenter.bard.edu/support.

Major support for the Fisher Center’s programs has been provided by: Anonymous The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation Helen and Roger Alcaly Fiona Angelini and Jamie Welch The Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation Barclays Bank Leonie F. Batkin Bettina Baruch Foundation Bioseutica USA, Inc. Carolyn Marks Blackwood and Gregory Quinn Chartwells School and University Dining Services Michelle R. Clayman Consulate General of Finland in New York Joan K. Davidson Mr. and Mrs. Gonzalo de las Heras John A. Dierdorff Elizabeth W. Ely ’65 and Jonathan K. Greenburg Barbara Ettinger and Sven Huseby The Ettinger Foundation, Inc. Stefano Ferrari and Lilo Zinglersen Alexander D. Fisher MFA ’96 26

Catherine C. Fisher and Gregory A. Murphy Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander Jeanne Donovan Fisher R. Britton and Melina Fisher FMH Foundation Eliot D. and Paula K. Hawkins Linda Hirshman and David Forkosh Homeland Foundation, Inc. HSBC Philanthropic Programs Anne E. Impellizzeri Jane’s Ice Cream Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust The J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc. Belinda and Stephen Kaye Susan and Roger Kennedy Barbara Kenner Chris Lipscomb and Monique Segarra Mimi Levitt Amy and Thomas O. Maggs Mansakenning LLC The Marks Family Foundation Marstrand Foundation Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation The Maurer Family Foundation, Inc. Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Joanna M. Migdal The Millbrook Tribute Garden Millbrook Vineyards & Winery Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Finland The Mortimer Levitt Foundation Inc. Mrs. Mortimer Levitt Endowment Fund for the Performing Arts National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces: Dance National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr. Dimitri B. and Rania Papadimitriou Peter Kenner Family Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund Dr. Gabrielle H. Reem and Dr. Herbert J. Kayden Richard B. Fisher Endowment Fund Drs. M. Susan and Irwin Richman Ingrid Rockefeller David E. Schwab II ’52 and Ruth Schwartz Schwab ’52 The Schwab Charitable Fund Denise S. Simon and Paulo Vieira da Cunha Martin T. and Toni Sosnoff H. Peter Stern and Helen Drutt English Allan and Ronnie Streichler Thendara Foundation Felicitas S. Thorne True Love Productions Margo and Anthony Viscusi Dr. Siri von Reis Millie and Robert Wise The Wise Family Charitable Foundation Wolfensohn Family Foundation Elizabeth and E. Lisk Wyckoff Jr. List current as of February 24, 2011

NYSCA

New York State Council on the Arts

Ticket Information box office The main Box Office, located in the lobby of the Sosnoff Theater in the Fisher Center, is open Monday through Friday from 10 am – 5 pm and from 11 am – 5 pm on weekends during SummerScape.

The Box Office opens one hour prior to all performances; other Box Office locations are open one hour prior to the performance.

Please pick up your Will Call tickets in the venue of the performance that you will be attending.

contact information Box Office The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College PO Box 5000 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000 845-758-7900 Box Office 845-758-7910 Box Office fax fishercenter.bard.edu Online Visit fishercenter.bard.edu to order online and select your own seats.

In Person Go to the Box Office to place your order in person.

By Mail Send your completed order form with payment to the Box Office at the address noted above.

By Fax Fax your completed order form with credit card details to 845-758-7910.

By Telephone Call the Box Office from 10 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday at 845-758-7900 to speak with a ticket services representative. Please be sure to have your completed order form and credit card ready.

All orders received at least 14 days prior to the date of your first event will be mailed; all other orders will be held at the Box Office.

To purchase tickets, visit hudsonvalleyhigh5tix.org or call the High 5 Hotline at 212-445-8587. Upon purchasing tickets through High 5, students receive a voucher to be redeemed at the Fisher Center Box Office on the day of the event.

Group Discounts Groups of 10 or more are eligible for special discounts. Please call the Box Office at 845-758-7948.

Senior Discounts Senior citizens aged 62 and over are eligible for a discount of 20 percent off single tickets (discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer).

house policies All sales are final. Tickets are nonrefundable. Programs, dates, times, and venues are subject to change without notice.

Latecomers are not admitted after the performance has started.

Closed-circuit TVs in the Fisher Center lobbies are provided for latecomers to view the event. Latecomers may be seated at the discretion of the management at an appropriate interval during the performance. Late seating is not guaranteed; please allow sufficient time for travel and parking.

Children under 5 are not admitted unless explicitly noted.

Children are welcome at Family Fare performances.

The use of recording equipment or photography is strictly prohibited during performances.

Mobile telephones, beepers, and watch alarms must be turned off during performances.

Access and Facilities for the Disabled Seating in the Sosnoff Theater is available in all price categories for patrons in wheelchairs and their companions. See the seating chart for locations. There is an elevator to all levels of the Sosnoff Theater and a special wheelchair lift used to access front-row wheelchair seating.

Wheelchair seating in Theater Two varies for each production.

Wheelchair seating is in the front of the Ottaway Film Center.

discounts Only one discount is applicable per order.

Subscription Discount Buy tickets to four or more events for the summer 2011 season for a discount of 25 percent off.

Student Discounts Day of: Students with a valid full-time student ID, or under the age of 25, may purchase up to two $5 rush tickets starting one hour before the event, subject to availability. Seat locations will be assigned by the Box Office.

Advance Sales: Students with a valid ID, or under the age of 25, may purchase up to two tickets at a 20 percent discount. $5 Advance Student Tickets: High 5 Tickets to the Arts Through the High 5 program, any student under the age of 25 with a valid full-time student ID may purchase up to 2 tickets in advance for Fisher Center performances for only $5, with up to 1 ticket allowed for use by an accompanying adult. All High 5 tickets are subject to availability for select performances. Seating is at the discretion of the Box Office.

Please be sure to let the Box Office know at the time you purchase your tickets that you need wheelchair seating so an appropriate location can be reserved for you.

Restrooms in all locations are wheelchair accessible. For the additional convenience of Sosnoff Theater patrons, there is a private restroom on the lower lobby for use by patrons in wheelchairs.

Sennheiser infrared assistive listening devices are available in the Sosnoff Theater and Theater Two. Receivers may be borrowed on request at the Box Office.

Reserved parking is available for drivers with disabilities. Please call 845-758-7948 in advance to ensure that a space is reserved for you. Drivers accompanying the disabled are asked to leave their passengers at the drop-off point in front of the Fisher Center.

If you would like additional information or have any special requirements not covered here, please call 845-758-7948 for assistance.

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Announcing the 2011 Season Premium Seating Program Every year, Bard’s SummerScape festival expands the boundaries of opera by producing an unjustly neglected masterpiece, such as Les Huguenots in 2009, The Distant Sound in 2010, and Die Liebe der Danae this coming summer. These ambitious productions are a cornerstone of the Fisher Center’s mission, giving audiences the opportunity to experience operas that are rarely performed by most major American companies. They are also expensive to produce—they require large casts, choruses, and orchestras, and have complex scenery and costumes.

We invite you to become our partner in making possible this adventurous exploration of the operatic repertory through our new Premium Seating program, which offers a limited number of the very best seats for each performance, with special benefits available to purchasers at each price level.

Ticket Price

Premium Benefit

$1,000

Reserved VIP parking for all your SummerScape and Bard Music Festival performances in the Sosnoff Theater and Theater Two, plus . . .

$600

A complete recording of the opera, conducted by Leon Botstein, plus . . .

$500

An invitation to attend a staging rehearsal for the opera, plus . . .

$375

A production poster, signed by members of the cast, plus . . .

$200

VIP seating for Die Liebe der Danae

For more information and to order your Premium Seats, call the Fisher Center Box Office Manager at 845-758-7948.

About Bard College

Travel to Bard

Bard College is in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, on the east bank of the Hudson River, about 90 miles north of New York City and 220 miles southwest of Boston.

by automobile From New York City, New Jersey, and points south, take the New York State Thruway to Exit 19 (Kingston), take Route 209 (changes to Route 199 at the Hudson River) over the Rhinecliff Bridge to the second light, turn left onto Route 9G, and drive north 3.8 miles.

Follow sign for Center for Performing Arts. From Albany, take the New York State Thruway to Exit 19 and proceed as from New York City. From Connecticut, Massachusetts, and northern New England, see directions at fishercenter.bard.edu/visitor.

Founded in 1860, Bard is an independent, nonsectarian, residential, coeducational college offering a four-year B.A. program in the liberal arts and sciences and a five-year B.S./B.A. degree in economics and finance. The Bard College Conservatory of Music offers a five-year program in which students pursue a dual degree, a B.Music and a B.A. in a field other than music, as well as an M.Music in vocal arts and in conducting. Bard and its affiliated institutions also grant the following degrees: A.A. at Bard High School Early College, a New York City public school with two campuses; A.A. and B.A. at Bard College at Simon’s Rock: The Early College, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts; M.A. in curatorial studies, and M.S. in environmental policy and in climate science and policy at the Annandale campus; M.F.A. and M.A.T. at multiple campuses; and M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in the decorative arts, design history, and material culture at the Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan. Internationally, Bard confers dual B.A. degrees at Smolny College, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia, and American University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan; and dual B.A. and M.A.T. degrees at Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem.

Bard offers academic programs in four divisions. Total enrollment for Bard College and its affiliates is approximately 3,700 students.

The undergraduate college has an enrollment of more than 1,900 and a student-to-faculty ratio of 10:1. For more information about Bard College, visit www.bard.edu.

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gps device users Enter the intersection of Route 9G and Annandale Road in the town of Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, 12504. by train Amtrak provides service from Penn Station (New York City) and from Albany to Rhinecliff, about 9 miles south of Bard. Visit amtrak.com for schedule and ticket information. MetroNorth (mta.info/mnr) provides service from Grand Central Terminal (New York City) to Poughkeepsie, about 20 miles south of Bard. Taxi service is available at the stations. by coach For information or to make a reservation on the round-trip coach being provided for specific performances (noted with an asterisk in this brochure), call the Box Office at 845-758-7900. The fare is $25 round-trip. Reservations are required. Offered only to ticket holders. poughkeepsie/rhinecliff shuttle Shuttles to and from Poughkeepsie and Rhinecliff stations are now available for certain matinée performances. This service is for ticket holders only. Reservations are required. Visit fishercenter.bard.edu/shuttles for information. accommodations For a list of hotels, motels, inns, and bed-and-breakfasts, please visit fishercenter.bard.edu/visitor.

Sosnoff Theater Seating Seating for all events in the Sosnoff Theater and Olin Hall is reserved.

Seating for all events in Theater Two, Spiegeltent, and Ottaway Film Center is general admission.

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Ticket Prices Make your own subscription! Save 25 percent when you order four or more different events with each subscription.

Our senior citizen discount is now 20 percent on single tickets! Take your discount on the order form.

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price 4

price 3

price 2

price 1

sosnoff theater

full price / subscription price

Tero Saarinen

$25/18.75

Die Liebe der Danae

$30/22.50

$40/30

$45/33.75

$55/41.25

$60/45

$70/52.50

$90/67.50

theater two

full price / subscription price

The Wild Duck

$45/33.75

Bitter Sweet

$55/41.25

spiegeltent

full price / subscription price

Cabaret

$25/18.75

price 2

price 1

$60/45

$75/56.25

$60/45

$75/56.25

Family Fare performances Adult

$15/11.25

Child 3 and older

$5/3.75

Thursday Night Live

$15/11.25

ottaway film center

full price / subscription price

Film

$8/6

event

price 4

bard music festival

full price / subscription price

Program 1

$30/22.50

Program 2 Program 3

price 3

$50/37.50 $35/26.25

$30/22.50

Program 4

$50/37.50 $30/22.50

Program 5

$35/26.25

Program 6

$25/18.75

$35/26.25

$45/33.75

$55/41.25

Program 7

$25/18.75

$35/26.25

$45/33.75

$55/41.25

$60/45

$75/56.25

$50/37.50

$60/45

$75/56.25

$348.75

$393.75

$453.75

Program 8

$30/22.50

Program 9 Program 10

$35/26.25 $30/22.50

Program 11 Program 12

$50/37.50 $30/22.50

$30/22.50

Complete Bard Music Festival package: Tickets to all 12 programs

30

$273.75

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