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April 10, 2012
THE GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL HOSTS GLIMMERATA! THE 2012 SPRING
GALA
Performances by Dwayne Croft, David Daniels, Eric Owens,
Sean Panikkar, Elizabeth Futral and more to Highlight
Evening
The Glimmerglass Festival will hold GLIMMERATA!, the 2012
Spring Gala, on April 10 at The Metropolitan Club in
Manhattan to benefit the company’s Young Artists and Summer
Internship programs. The evening will feature music, dinner
and dancing, as well as performances by 2012 Glimmerglass
Artist in Residence Eric Owens, David Daniels, Dwayne Croft,
Sean Panikkar, Elizabeth Futral, Young Artist Dominick
Rodriguez and more.
The evening will be hosted by Glimmerglass
Festival Artistic & General Director Francesca Zambello with
Gala Chairs Patricia Kavanagh and James Grant, and Estelle
Parsons and Peter Zimroth. Cocktails and hors d’ oeuvres
begin at 6:30 p.m., with the musical performance at 7:30
p.m. Dinner at 8:15 p.m. will be followed by dessert and
dancing to the Peter Duchin Orchestra.
The Glimmerglass Festival Young Artists Program is an
acclaimed program that provides training and performance
experience for talented singers at the beginning of their
professional careers. The Festival also offers summer
internships in production, administration and artistic
administration, providing the opportunity for young
professionals and students to experience the fast-paced
world of repertory opera and musical theater
Attire is black tie or cocktail. Tickets range from $1,000
to $2,500; tables of 10 range from $10,000 to $25,000. For
reservations and additional information, call The
Glimmerglass Festival Development Department at (607)
547-0700 ext. 208. The Metropolitan Club is located at 1
East 60th Street, New York, New York 1022-1054.
The 2012 Glimmerglass Festival mainstage productions include
Verdi’s Aida, Willson’s The Music Man, Lully’s Armide and
Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson’s Lost in the Stars. The
productions will run in rotation July 7 through August 25 in
the Alice Busch Opera Theater in Cooperstown, New York. The
mainstage productions will be supplemented by special
performances, concerts and lectures throughout the season.
Tickets start at just $26 and youth tickets (ages 6-18)
start at $10 when accompanied by an adult. Call Jake
Anderson at (607) 547-2255 or email
janderson@glimmerglass.org
For more information please visit
www.glimmerglass.org
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