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GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL CELEBRATES YOUNG
ARTISTS PROGRAM ANNIVERSARY WITH 2013 GALA
The Glimmerglass Festival, the Central New York summer opera
company, will celebrate its Young Artists and Summer
Internship programs at GL!MMERATA, its 2013 Spring Gala,
April 10 at The Metropolitan Club in Manhattan. The 2013
season marks the 25th anniversary of the company’s Young
Artists Program, the acclaimed apprenticeship for emerging
singers.
The event will be hosted by Glimmerglass Festival Artistic &
General Director Francesca Zambello with Gala Chairs
Patricia Chadwick and Nina Lesavoy, and Co-Chairs Julie and
Nathan Gunn. The evening will begin with cocktails and hors
d’ oeuvres at 6:30 p.m., followed at 7:30 p.m. by
performances from Eric Owens, Julie and Nathan Gunn, Jay
Hunter Morris, Klea Blackhurst, as well as Andriana Chuchman,
Dwayne Croft, David Pittsinger, Nadine Sierra, Noah Stewart
and Peter Volpe. Following dinner with the performers and
members of the Young Artists Program, the gala will
culminate with dessert and dancing to the Peter Duchin
Orchestra.
“GL!MMERATA brings together Glimmerglass principal
performers, emerging singers, friends and patrons for a gala
evening that is truly fun,” Zambello said. “Especially
gratifying is the event fully benefits our Young Artists and
Summer Internships programs, which have helped launch the
careers of many of today’s stars and industry leaders. I am
also pleased to have both our 2012 and 2013
Artists in Residence – Eric Owens and Julie and Nathan Gunn
– performing that evening.”
Zambello began The Glimmerglass Festival Artist in Residence
Program with her first season in 2011. The Artist in
Residence joins the company for the entire summer and is
fully integrated into the Festival, working as a coach and
mentor to the Young Artists, as well as performing in a
mainstage production and concert. Deborah Voigt inaugurated
the role, followed by Eric Owens. Julie and
Nathan Gunn will join Glimmerglass in 2013.
Each summer, 40 emerging singers, pianists and stage
directors and 60 production and arts administration interns
arrive at The Glimmerglass Festival to be coached, trained
and mentored by some of the world’s finest talents and
industry leaders. More than 1,500 students and recent
graduates annually apply for the 100 positions.
The Young Artists Program has helped launch the careers of
many singers, including Isabel Bayrakdarian, Sarah Coburn,
Christine Goerke and Anthony Roth Costanzo. The Festival’s
production and administration internships provide the
opportunity for young professionals and students to
experience the fast-paced world of repertory opera and
musical theater. Alumni of the Glimmerglass Internship
Program work in esteemed theater and opera companies around
the world.
Attire for GL!MMERATA 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. 209. The Metropolitan Club is located at
1 East 60th Street.
The 2013 Glimmerglass Festival mainstage productions include
Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman; Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot,
featuring Artist in Residence Nathan Gunn; Verdi’s King for
a Day; and Passions, a double bill of David Lang’s the
little match girl passion and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. The
productions will run in rotation July 6 through August 24 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.
Please call (607) 547-2255 or visit
www.glimmerglass.org
for tickets and additional information.
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