SummerScape 2019 Brochure

BARD SUMMERSCAPE

June 29 29 –– August August 18, 17, 2019 June

OPERA • THEATER • DANCE • MUSIC • FILM • SPIEGELTENT and 30TH BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL Korngold and His World

BARD SUMMERSCAPE June 29 – August 18, 2019 A hotbed of intellectual and aesthetic adventure. —New York Times The 16th Bard SummerScape presents music, opera, theater, dance, film, cabaret, and the 30th season of the Bard Music Festival. The festival is inspired by the life and times of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, a Viennese prodigy who wrote several operas before fleeing the Nazis and moving to Hollywood, where his lush film scores came to define the quintessential Hollywood sound.

DANCE Ronald K. Brown/Evidence: A Dance Company Grace and Mercy July 5–7 THEATER Acquanetta July 11–21 OPERA The Miracle of Heliane July 26 – August 4 30TH BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL Korngold and His World August 9–11, 16–18 FILM SERIES Korngold and the Hollywood Film Score July 25 – August 18 THE SPIEGELTENT June 29 – August 17 The 2019 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 Fisher Center members, 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.

Design for the Hall of Honor, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, 1898, Otto Wagner. Bridgeman Images Cover: Errol Flynn in The Sea Hawk, 1940, directed by Michael Curtiz. ©Warner Bros. Pictures/Alamy

His dances, earthy and subtly rapturous, tell stories of spirituality by weaving a tapestry of modern dance and West African forms. —New York Times on Ronald K. Brown

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Ronald K. Brown/Evidence: A Dance Company

Grace and Mercy Choreography by Ronald K. Brown Original score for Mercy written and performed by Meshell Ndegeocello Live music for Grace performed by Peven Everett and others This electrifying double bill includes the premiere of Mercy, with soul-and-rock legend Meshell Ndegeocello performing new music created for the occasion. The program also features a newly conceived, 20th-anniversary presentation of Brown’s electrifying masterpiece Grace, originally created in 1999 for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Mixing modern and West African dance to depict a spiritual journey to the promised land, Grace is presented for the first time with entirely live music, including performances by R&B virtuoso Peven Everett.

sosnoff theater Friday, July 5 and Saturday, July 6 at 8 pm Sunday, July 7 at 2 pm tickets* $25–95 opening night reception for members Friday, July 5 Reception sponsored by Mionetto post-performance conversation Saturday, July 6

For all its complexities, Ms. Ndegeocello’s music sounds as if it springs directly from a mind that’s restlessly curious about ideas, people, interactions and possibilities, and is passionate about all of them.

—New York Times on Meshell Ndegeocello

pre-performance conversation Sunday, July 7 at 1 pm summerscape coach from new york city July 5, 7 Grace and Mercy is co-commissioned by Bard Fisher Center, The Joyce Theater, the Kennedy Center, and Carolina Performing Arts at UNC Chapel Hill.

*Prices are subject to change after May 27.

Evidence, photo by Matt Karas

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Unmissable . . . sublime . . . massive-scale cinematic revelations unfolding out of a seemingly empty space. —Time Out New York on Acquanetta

Acquanetta Music by Michael Gordon Libretto by Deborah Artman Directed by Daniel Fish Conducted by Julian Wachner Produced by Beth Morrison Projects An homage to the campy horror films of the 1940s, Acquanetta combines theater, opera, and film to explore the world of a real-life B-movie star with a mysterious past. Known for her exotic beauty, Acquanetta—aka Mildred Davenport—was the star of such cult horror films as Captive Wild Woman, Jungle Woman, The Sword of Monte Cristo, and Tarzan and the Leopard Woman before she disappeared from public life. With a soaring and often comic score from Bang on a Can cofounder Michael Gordon, Acquanetta examines the ways in which the camera manipulates how we see and are seen. A vivid cast of characters reveals an array of inner longings and emotional shadows in a haunting meditation on identity, transformation, stereotypes, and typecasting, set in the heyday of Hollywood glamour. This visual and musical tour de force is directed by Daniel Fish, whose 2015 SummerScape production of Oklahoma! is now running on Broadway.

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Gordon’s compositions capture the fury of punk rock, the nervous brilliance of free jazz and the intransigence of classical modernism.

Reception sponsored by Mionetto

—New Yorker on Michael Gordon

$25–75 opening night reception for members

pre-performance conversation Sunday, July 14 at 1 pm post-performance conversation Wednesday, July 17 summerscape coach from new york city July 12, 14 The chamber version of Acquanetta was commissioned and produced by Beth Morrison Projects with lead commissioning support by Linda and Stuart Nelson. *Prices are subject to change after May 27.

Acquanetta, photo by Maria Baranova

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The Miracle of Heliane Music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director Directed by Christian Räth Set in an unnamed totalitarian state, The Miracle of Heliane (Das Wunder der Heliane) features an intricate, erotic triangle between a ruthless despot, The Ruler; his beautiful and neglected wife, Heliane; and a young, messianic Stranger. An allegorical tale about the destruction of a dictatorship by a woman, Heliane premiered to great acclaim in Hamburg in 1927, and remains extraordinarily relevant today. This new production is directed by Christian Räth, with sets and costumes by Esther Bialas, both making their SummerScape debuts. The cast includes the stunning Lithuanian soprano Ausrine Stundyte in an all-too-rare U.S. appearance alongside rising-star tenor Daniel Brenna and the acclaimed bass-baritone Alfred Walker.

sosnoff theater Friday, July 26 at 7:30 pm Sunday, July 28; Wednesday, July 31; and Sunday, August 4 at 2 pm Friday, August 2 at 4 pm tickets*

opening night reception for members

A huge, triumphant song of love and liberation on the grandest scale.

Friday, July 26

—The Guardian

$25–125

Reception sponsored by Mionetto opera talk with leon botstein Sunday, July 28 at noon summerscape coach from new york city July 26, 28, and August 2, 4 *Prices are subject to change after May 27.

Venus in the Grotto, 1914, Koloman Moser. akg-images

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The genuine artist creates at a distance from his own time, even for a time beyond. —Erich Wolfgang Korngold

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bard music festival 30th season

Korngold and His World August 9–11 and 16–18

In 2019, the Bard Music Festival celebrates its 30th season by exploring the life, work, and legacy of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), the influential Austrian-born composer whose lush, Romantic compositions helped give birth to a new genre of music that became known as the classic Hollywood sound. When Korngold, a child prodigy comparable to Felix Mendelssohn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, came to prominence, composers were already beginning to reject the rhetoric of Romanticism in favor of modernism. World War I further spurred a revolution in the operatic and concert worlds, and Korngold, after an auspicious career spanning chamber music, opera, and musical theater, found himself on the margins of the prevailing aesthetic trends of the 20th century. The German hostilities that led to World War II prompted Korngold’s move to 1930s Hollywood. Practically overnight, he came to dominate and define music in the U.S. movie industry. Korngold’s instincts for integrating the lyricism of Italian verisimo into the idiom of post-Wagnerian music proved ideal for the medium.

By highlighting the trajectory of Korngold’s life, the Bard Music Festival examines the dynamic cultural and political history on both sides of the Atlantic, the demise of the 19th century, the rise of fascism, the rivalry between different musical aesthetics, and rapidly changing practices and innovations in the reproduction and dissemination of music.

Audiences will experience Korngold’s work in the context of compositions by contemporaries such as Alexander von Zemlinsky, Richard Strauss, Franz Schreker, Ernst Krenek, Paul Hindemith, Bernard Herrmann, Kurt Weill, and others. Other themes include Korngold’s role as an arranger of operetta, the growing influence of popular music, and the development of music written for film.

This season is made possible in part through the generous support of the Board of the Bard Music Festival and the Friends of the Bard Music Festival, 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. Additional underwriting has been provided by Jeanne Donovan Fisher, James H. Ottaway Jr., Felicitas S. Thorne, Helen and Roger Alcaly, Bettina Baruch Foundation, Barbara Kenner, and Denise S. Simon and Paulo Vieiradacunha. 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.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold and his family arriving in New York, 1936. Bridgeman Images

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The Vienna State Opera, 1956, Oskar Kokoschka. ©2019 Fondation Oskar Kokoschka/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ProLitteris, Zürich. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria/Bridgeman Images.

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Korngold and Vienna Friday, August 9 2019 Bard Music Festival Opening Night Dinner spiegeltent 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, contact Linda Baldwin, special events manager, at 845-758-7414. Please note: The Spiegeltent is closed for regular dining on the evening of the dinner.

Bard Music Festival opening-night toast sponsored by Mionetto

Program tickets start at $25.

Panels are free and open to the public.

SummerScape Coach from New York City is available for Programs 1, 6, 9, and 12.

See page 28 for details.

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Friday, August 9 program one

From Viennese Prodigy to Hollywood Master sosnoff theater 7:30 pm preconcert talk Leon Botstein 8 pm performance Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano; Erica Petrocelli, soprano; Nicholas Canellakis, cello; Piers Lane, piano; Parker String Quartet; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; The Orchestra Now, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), from Der Schneemann (1908–09); from Sechs einfache Lieder, Op. 9 (1913); Piano Quintet, Op. 15 (1921–22); The Sea Hawk (overture) (1940); The Passover Psalm, Op. 30 (1941); Tomorrow, Op. 33 (1942); Cello Concerto, Op. 37 (1946)

Saturday, August 10 panel one

Korngold and the Phenomenon of the Child Prodigy olin hall 10 am – noon Christopher H. Gibbs, moderator; Leon Botstein; Jessica Duchen; Michael Haas program two

Teachers, Admirers, and Influences olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk David Brodbeck 1:30 pm performance Jonathon Comfort, baritone; Elaine Daiber, soprano; Kayo Iwama, piano; Piers Lane, piano; Parker String Quartet and guests Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), from Sieben Märchenbilder, Op. 3 (1910); Passacaglia, from Piano Sonata No. 1 (1908–9); Sextet, Op. 10 (1914–16); Max Reger (1873–1916), Clarinet Quintet, Op. 146 (1915–16); Hans Gál (1890–1987), from Three Sketches, Op. 7 (1901); songs by Robert Fuchs (1847–1927), Alma Mahler (1879–1964), Joseph Marx (1882–1964), Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942), Wilhelm Kienzl (1857–1941), and Karl Weigl (1881–1949) program three

The Orchestral Imagination sosnoff theater 7 pm preconcert talk Christopher Hailey 8 pm performance Erica Petrocelli, soprano; Michael J. Hawk, baritone; Orion Weiss, piano; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), Piano Concerto, Op. 17 (1923); Julius Bittner (1874–1939), Prelude to Der Musikant (1909); Franz Schreker (1878–1934), Vom ewigen Leben (1923/1927); Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942), Lyric Symphony, Op. 18 (1922–23) 845-758-7900

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Sunday, August 11 program four

Popular Music from the Cabarets, Taverns, and Salons of Korngold’s Vienna olin hall 10 am performance with commentary by Derek Scott, with So Young Park, soprano; Joshua Wheeker, tenor; and others Popular and street songs and show tunes from film and stage by Johann Strauss II (1825–99), Leon Jessel (1871–1942), Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), Robert Stolz (1880–1975), Ralph Benatzky (1884–1957), Friedrich Hollaender (1896–1976), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), Ernst Krenek (1900–91), and others program five

Before the Reich: Korngold and Fellow Conservatives olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk Kevin C. Karnes 1:30 pm performance Danny Driver, piano; Tyler Duncan, baritone; Horszowski Trio and guests; Erika Switzer, piano Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), Much Ado About Nothing Suite, Op. 11 (1918–19); Suite, Op. 23 (1930); Franz Schmidt (1874–1939), Toccata (1938); Walter Braunfels (1882–1954), from 14 Preludes, Op. 33 (1921); Josef Labor (1842–1924), Piano Quintet, Op. 11 (1900); Ernst von Dohnányi (1877–1960), Pastorale on a Hungarian Christmas Tune (1920); songs by Othmar Schoeck (1886–1957) program six

Operetta’s America sosnoff theater 4:30 pm preconcert talk Micaela Baranello 5 pm performance So Young Park, soprano; Rebecca Ringle, mezzo-soprano; Joshua Wheeker, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; The Orchestra Now, conducted by Zachary Schwartzman Selections from Leo Fall (1873–1925)/Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), Rosen aus Florida (1929); Fall/Jerome Kern (1885–1945), The Dollar Princess (1909); Oscar Straus (1870–1954), Hochzeit in Hollywood (1929); Emmerich Kálmán (1882–1953), Die Herzogin von Chicago (1928); Paul Abraham (1892–1960), Die Blume von Hawaii (1931); Bruno Granichstaedten (1874–1944), Reklame! (1930); and others

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Korngold in America Friday, August 16 special showing

The Constant Nymph luma theater 3 pm Directed by Edmund Goulding, 1943 With Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Alexis Smith, and others Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957) Panel discussion to follow the film screening Free and open to the public

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Friday, August 16 program seven

Robin Hood and Beyond sosnoff theater 7:30 pm preconcert talk 8 pm performance The Orchestra Now, conducted by James Bagwell Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), excerpts from The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938); Max Steiner (1888–1971), Suite from Casablanca (1943); Franz Waxman (1906–67), Suite from Rebecca (1940); Bernard Herrmann (1911–75), Suite from Vertigo (1958); works by Dimitri Tiomkin (1894–1979) and Alfred Newman (1901–70)

Saturday, August 17 panel two

Out of Hollywood: Sound Film and the 20th Century olin hall 10 am–noon

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Classics in Hollywood: Film Composers in the Concert Hall olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk Byron Adams 1:30 pm performance Danny Driver, piano; Jasper String Quartet and guest; Anna Polonski, piano Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 25 (1930); Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986), from 24 Intermezzi (1940–41); George Antheil (1900–59), Toccata No. 2 (1948); Bernard Herrmann (1911–75), from Souvenirs de Voyage (1967); Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968), Serenatella on the Name of Jascha Heifetz, Op. 170, No. 2 (1954); Miklós Rózsa (1907–95), String Quartet No. 1, Op. 22 (1950); works by Ernst Toch (1887–1964) and Richard Hageman (1881–1966) program nine

Sustaining the Beautiful: Art During and After the Catastrophe sosnoff theater 7 pm preconcert talk Christopher H. Gibbs 8 pm performance Majorie Owens, soprano; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), Symphony in F-sharp Major, Op. 40 (1949–52); Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), Symphonia Serena (1946); Richard Strauss (1864–1949), Four Last Songs (1948) 16

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Sunday, August 18 program ten

The American Musical on Stage and Screen olin hall 10 am performance with commentary by Daniel Goldmark, with vocalists Joan Ellison, Chris Vettel, and others Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), from Give Us This Night (1936); works by Jerome Kern (1885–1945), Cole Porter (1891–1964), George Gershwin (1898–1937), Kay Swift (1897–1993), Kurt Weill (1900–50), Richard Rodgers (1902–79), Vernon Duke (1903–69), Harold Arlen (1905–86), Marc Blitzstein (1905–64), Leonard Bernstein (1918–90), and others program eleven

Hollywood Babylon: No Escape olin hall 1 pm preconcert talk Richard Wilson 1:30 pm performance Tyler Duncan, baritone; Jasper String Quartet; So Young Park, soprano; Rebecca Ringle, mezzo-soprano; Erika Switzer, piano; Orion Weiss, piano; Joshua Wheeker, tenor Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), Narrenlieder, Op. 29 (1937); String Quartet No. 3, Op. 34 (1945); Sonett für Wien, Op. 41 (1948); from Die Kathrin, Op. 28 (1939); Hanns Eisler (1898–1962), from The Hollywood Songbook (1942); Ernst Toch (1887–1964), from Profiles, Op. 68 (1948); Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), Fantasy, Op. 47 (1949); Erich Zeisl (1905–59), “Komm süsser Tod” (1938) program twelve

Die tote Stadt sosnoff theater 4 pm preconcert talk Sherry Lee 5 pm performance Allison Oakes, soprano; Clay Hilley, tenor; Alexander Elliot, baritone; Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director; The Orchestra Now, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director; directed by Jordan Fein; and others Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), Die tote Stadt, Op. 12 (1920)

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Korngold and the Hollywood Film Score The 2019 SummerScape Film Series explores the history and development of ambitious Hollywood film scores. In addition to highlighting the rich orchestral music Erich Wolfgang Korngold wrote for Warner Brothers Studios’ films, the series considers the influence of fin-de-siècle Viennese culture on his work, his relationship with émigré composers in Hollywood, and his influence on subsequent generations. Both the opening and closing weekends feature films with exemplary Korngold scores, ranging from Max Reinhardt’s pioneering version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the heroic adventure films of Errol Flynn and the Jack London adaptation of The Sea Wolf. Viennese connections are central to the pair of films in the second weekend—the recently restored German silent film The Ancient Law and Max Ophüls’s romantic masterpiece Letter from an Unknown Woman— while the third weekend’s films have scores by Korngold’s great contemporaries Max Steiner (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre) and Bernard Herrmann (The Man Who Knew Too Much).

jim ottaway jr. film center Thursdays and Sundays, July 25 – August 18 at 7 pm Tickets $10. Members may reserve up to four complimentary tickets for the film series.

Thursday, July 25

Thursday, August 8

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle, 1935, USA, 143 minutes. Preserved by the Library of Congress

John Huston, 1948, USA, 126 minutes Sunday, August 11

Sunday, July 28

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Captain Blood

Alfred Hitchcock, 1956, USA, 120 minutes

Michael Curtiz, 1935, USA, 119 minutes

The Sea Hawk

Thursday, August 15

Michael Curtiz, 1940, USA, 127 minutes

The Sea Wolf Michael Curtiz, 1941, USA, 100 minutes

Thursday, August 1

Kings Row

The Ancient Law

Sam Wood, 1942, USA, 127 minutes

E. A. Dupont, 1923, Germany, 133 minutes Live musical accompaniment from klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals and pianist Donald Sosin

Sunday, August 18

2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick, 1968, USA, 142 minutes

Sunday, August 4

Letter from an Unknown Woman Max Ophüls, 1948, USA, 86 minutes 35 mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Restoration funding provided by The Film Foundation.

Bette Davis in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, 1939, directed by Michael Curtiz. ©Warner Bros. Pictures/Photofest

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We like variety around here, because it is—after all—the spice of life.

—Mx. Justin Vivian Bond

The Spiegeltent June 29 – August 17

The Spiegeltent, an internationally renowned destination of magic and mayhem, has surprises in store all summer long. Each weekend brings new enchantment: Thursdays are jazz nights, celebrating singers and songbooks; while Friday and Saturday evenings bring Spiegeltent favorites and dazzling newcomers; and Sundays are packed with swing, music, and more.

Let sumptuous evenings beguile you with unforgettable performances, locally sourced food and drink, and dancing under the sparkling lights of the historic tent of mirrors.

Tickets for all events start at $25 unless otherwise noted.

Singers & Songbooks series is presented with the Catskill Jazz Factory.

Major support for the Spiegeltent is provided by Carolyn Marks Blackwood and Gregory Quinn, and by Andrew E. Zobler and Manny Urquiza.

Spiegeltent Cabaret and After Hours performances may contain nudity, and are for mature audiences only. Admission on Fridays and Saturday evenings is restricted to those over 18 years old unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. No one under 21 is permitted during After Hours.

All programs and performers are subject to change.

In Vaudeville, 1918, Charles Demuth. Philadelphia Museum of Art, A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1952

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Lady Moon & The Eclipse Saturday, June 29 at at 8:30 pm Tickets $20 Rooted in Hudson, New York, Lady Moon & The Eclipse is a multicultural music collective making its Spiegeltent debut, launching us on a summer of lush style and soul. Through soaring vocals and R&B/Afrobeat–influenced rhythms, Lady Moon creates inspirational music spreading love, peace, and unity.

The Porch Sunday, June 30 at 6 pm Tickets $20 The Porch brings Hudson Valley locals together for an intimate evening of true stories, each told in under 10 minutes without notes. The stories—some heartbreaking, some hilarious, and all heartwarming —have drawn a loyal following of listeners and inspired many to brave the stage and bare their souls.

Meow Meow Friday, July 5 at 8:30 pm Purr-fect post-postmodern diva Meow Meow’s unique brand of kamikaze cabaret kitsch and performance art exotica has amazed and delighted audiences worldwide. The spectacular crowd-surfing queen of song returns to kick off the season with an explosive evening of music and glamour.

Lady Bunny: Pig in a Wig Saturday, July 6 at 8:30 pm Now that you’ve had your fill of 4th of July hot dogs, how about some ham? Polish off your holiday weekend with Lady Bunny, America’s favorite demented drag diva. Adorned in her signature glitzy costumes and coiffures, Bunny sings and gabs her way through an unforgettable evening of humor, which you probably shouldn’t laugh at, yet you will.

Not for the faint of heart: brace yourself!

Summertime Swing with Eight to the Bar Sunday, July 7 Doors open at 6 pm, dance instruction at 6:30 pm, dancing until 10 pm Tickets $30 End your Independence Day weekend with a bang—and a swing! Spiegeltent favorites Linda and Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios return for a night of swing dancing to the fabulous music of Spiegeltent staples Eight to the Bar.

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Recital: Lisa Fischer with Taylor Eigsti on piano Friday, July 12 at 8:30 pm Tickets start at $45 Following her rip-roaring Spiegeltent debut in 2017, Lisa Fischer returns to conjure an intimate evening with piano. After four decades singing background for rock icons, Fischer shot to fame as the soulful center of the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom. This recital highlights Fischer’s treasured vocal talents as an inventive and heartfelt interpreter of rock and soul, infused with African, Middle Eastern, and Caribbean rhythms.

Singers & Songbooks: Frank Sinatra Led by Benny Benack III Thursday, July 18 at 8 pm Ol’ Blue Eyes is back! The iconic songbook of Frank Sinatra never goes out of style. Trumpeter and singer Benny Benack III has quickly established himself as one of the most versatile and virtuosic voices of his millennial generation. He breathes new life into the world of the timeless classics that created a legend.

Nona Hendryx and Mamafunk Friday, July 19 at 8:30 pm Revolutionary new-wave goddess Nona Hendryx (“Lady Marmalade”) returns with her band Mamafunk to rock out with heaping helpings of summer-in-the-city rhythms and cool sounds for a hot sultry night. This down-and-dirty, old-school funk will get your heart pumping and your body moving.

Susanne Bartsch presents Spiegeltent Follies Saturday, July 20 Doors open at 8 pm, performances 8:30–10:30 pm, DJ until 12:30 am Tickets start at $40 Legendary nightlife impresario and fashion superstar Susanne Bartsch takes over the Spiegeltent with a special edition of her eclectic and eccentric party extravaganza. Spiegeltent Follies fuses the glamour of a night at the opera with the risqué magic of burlesque circus. Dazzling performances, followed by a live DJ, promise an unforgettable experience.

Singers & Songbooks: Fred Astaire Led by Michela Marino Lerman Thursday, July 25 at 8 pm “Tap prodigy” (New York Times) Michela Marino Lerman invites you to reimagine classic moments of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers through a contemporary lens. Lerman and her band spotlight the pivotal role of tap throughout the beloved Great American Songbook standards. Return to the RKO era for this ultramodern take on the classics.

Clockwise from top left: John Cameron Mitchell, photo by Matthew Placek; Lisa Fischer, photo by Mark Glassman; Lady Bunny, photo by Steven Melendez; Lady Moon, photo by Luke Awtry

The Hot Sardines

Singers & Songbooks: Anita O’Day Led by Veronica Swift

Friday, July 26 at 8:30 pm Tickets start at $40 We’re opening up the Spiegeltent dance floor for the sizzling return of hot-jazz darlings The Hot Sardines.

The music of bygone decades comes alive through the band’s rollicking sound. Get ready to dance as the ever-pleasing ensemble channels New York speakeasies, Parisian cabarets, and New Orleans jazz halls.

Thursday, August 1 at 8 pm Today’s new “babe of bebop” Veronica Swift returns to the Spiegeltent in an homage to the songbook of her idol and vocal inspiration, Anita O’Day, “a singer’s singer” (NPR). Swift, recognized around the country as one of the top young jazz singers on the scene, delivers her take on O’Day’s infamous tempo, phrasing mastery, and effortlessly swingin’ style.

John Cameron Mitchell: The Origin of Love The Songs and Stories of Hedwig

Mx. Justin Vivian Bond: Criminal Intent

Saturday, July 27 at 7 and 9:30 pm Tickets start at $45 Hedwig is in the house! Tony Award–winning, Golden Globe–nominated cocreator of Hedwig and the Angry Inch John Cameron Mitchell takes the stage for an intimate, eye-opening, and devilishly funny journey through his personal experiences over two decades of living with Hedwig. So “put on some make-up and turn up the eight track” for a night of post-punk, neo-glam rock.

Friday, August 2 at 8:30 pm Tickets start at $45 The “immortal angel of cabaret” (Time Out New York) returns home to the Spiegeltent for a weekend of new performances, beginning with Criminal Intent: An Evening of Songs for People Who Should Know Better. With observations from the underground, and the virtuosity of art song, Mx. Viv invites you to discover that crime always pays.

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Mx. Justin Vivian Bond: A Star Is Borned

Cage/Cunningham Music and Dance Circus

Saturday, August 3 at 8:30 pm Tickets start at $45 Judy, Barbra, and Gaga! Three icons! One role!

Generations of love through the nonbinary eyes of Tweeny V, aka Mx. Justin “Chipra” Bond! A Star Is Borned plumbs the depths of the over-the-top, classic Hollywood melodrama A Star Is Born, and the careers of the three queer icons who have made the role their own . . . until now.

Summertime Swing with Boilermaker Jazz Band Sunday, August 4 Doors open at 6 pm, dance instruction at 6:30 pm, dancing until 10 pm Tickets $30 Spiegeltent favorites Linda and Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios return for a second night of swing, dancing to the fabulous music of Pittsburgh’s Boilermaker Jazz Band.

Singers & Songbooks: Joni Mitchell and Friends Led by Sam Reider and the Human Hands with Kéren Tayár Thursday, August 8 at 8 pm Jazz-pianist-turned-roots-musician Sam Reider teams up with modern-day chanteuse Kéren Tayár for a vivaciously youthful, 21st-century twist on the inspired yet turbulent Swinging Sixties. Tune in to this innovative musical reflection on songstresses including Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, and Patsy Cline.

Spirit Family Reunion Friday, August 9 at 8:30 pm Tickets $25 Raise your spirits with the return of Spirit Family Reunion, a young Americana band from Brooklyn.

Featuring Bard alums Maggie Carson ’07 and Or Zubalsky MFA ’17, the band delivers a raw, highenergy mix of bluegrass and Appalachian music.

Double Troubles Erin Markey: Wet Food and Peter Smith: Alone, at last Saturday, August 10 at 8:30 pm Tickets $35 “The most luminous performer in NYC’s comedy scene.” —Time Out New York on Peter Smith “Erin Markey defies expectations you don’t even know you have.” —New York Post.

Erin Markey and Peter Smith (from SummerScape 2018’s Peter Pan) invite you into their fantastically weird worlds with a double bill evening of story-driven stand-up and song. Markey’s Wet Food is an intimate musical conversation tackling all the issues. Alone, at last draws on Smith’s flirty, delicious deadpan.

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Presented by the John Cage Trust and the Merce Cunningham Trust Sunday, August 11, 6–9:30 pm Free, no reservations required In commemoration of the 100th birthday of renowned choreographer Merce Cunningham, musicians and dancers come together for a performance of John Cage’s gloriously anarchic work, Musicircus—with a twist.

Singers & Songbooks: Horace Silver Led by Camille Thurman and the Darrell Green Trio Thursday, August 15 at 8 pm Camille Thurman’s tenor saxophone recalls the mastery of legends such as Joe Henderson and Dexter Gordon, while her scintillating singing displays “remarkable prowess” (Downbeat). Thurman celebrates the legacy of pianist Horace Silver by offering an original take on his music.

Ryan Landry presents A Night of Song Featuring Charles Busch and more!

Friday, August 16 at 8:30 pm Ryan Landry, Provincetown’s infamous icon of revelry, holds court for the final weekend of Spiegeltent, starting with an evening of stories and songs from Tony Award–nominated performer and playwright Charles Busch. Rounding out the bill is returning Spiegeltent darlings Angela Di Carlo and Amber Martin, among others.

Ryan Landry presents A Night of Comedy Featuring Jackie Beat and more!

Saturday, August 17 at 8:30 pm Find out why the Boston Globe classes Ryan Landry as an “impresario of comic mayhem,” as he closes the summer with an evening of uproarious comedy. Drag superstar Jackie Beat, and burlesque duo Kitten and Lou, will leave you laughing long after the Spiegeltent season ends.

Spiegeltent After Hours Fridays and Saturdays, June 29 to August 17 Garden bar opens at 9 pm, weather permitting Doors open 10:30 pm to 12:30 am No After Hours on July 13 or 20 Doors open at 11 pm on July 27 Open to patrons age 21 and up Tickets: $10 before 11 pm, $12 after 11 pm, or free with your ticket to another same-day SummerScape event (not included in the Create Your Own Series).

Dance away your weekend nights with top DJs, including returning favorites and fresh faces! Visit the website for dates and details.

EDUCATION

SUMMER JAZZ ACADEMY PERFORMANCES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! SUMMER JAZZ ACADEMY FACULTY JULY 20, 7PM

Opening Performance Featuring Student Combos

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ALL-STARS JULY 27, 7PM

Featuring Helen Sung, James Chirillo, Rodney Whitaker, Herlin Riley and Kenny Rampton

SUMMER JAZZ ACADEMY BIG BAND FINALE JULY 28, 1PM

42 of the top high school jazz musicians in the country will perform timeless jazz standards VENUE OLIN CONCERT HALL AT BARD COLLEGE

BOX OFFICE BARD COLLEGE, FISHER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

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19 8 pm Acquanetta LUMA 8:30 pm Nona Hendryx and Mamafunk SPT 10:30 pm After Hours SPT

26 7:30 pm The Miracle of Heliane SOS 8:30 pm The Hot Sardines SPT 10:30 pm After Hours SPT

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8 pm Acquanetta LUMA 8 pm Singers & Songbooks: Frank Sinatra Led by Benny Benack III SPT

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7 pm A Midsummer Night’s Dream FILM 8 pm Singers & Songbooks: Fred Astaire Led by Michela Marino Lerman SPT

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2 pm The Miracle of Heliane SOS

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8 pm Acquanetta LUMA 8:30 pm Recital: Lisa Fischer with Taylor Eigsti on piano SPT 10:30 pm After Hours SPT

7 pm John Cameron MItchell: The Origin of Love The Songs and Stories of Hedwig SPT 9:30 pm John Cameron MItchell: The Origin of Love The Songs and Stories of Hedwig SPT 11 pm After Hours SPT

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2 pm Acquanetta LUMA 8 pm Acquanetta LUMA 8:30 pm Susanne Bartsch presents Spiegeltent Follies SPT

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8 pm Grace and Mercy with post-performance conversation SOS 8:30 pm Lady Bunny: Pig in a Wig SPT 10:30 pm After Hours SPT

8 pm Grace and Mercy SOS 8:30 pm Meow Meow SPT 10:30 pm After Hours SPT

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Noon Opera talk with Leon Botstein SOS 2 pm The Miracle of Heliane SOS 7 pm Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk FILM

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16 3 pm The Constant Nymph LUMA 7:30 pm Preconcert Talk SOS 8 pm BMF Program Seven SOS 8:30 pm Ryan Landry presents A Night of Song featuring Charles Busch and more! SPT 10:30 pm After Hours SPT

7 pm The Treasure of the Sierra Madre FILM 8 pm Singers & Songbooks: Joni Mitchell and Friends Led by Sam Reider and the Human Hands with Kéren Tayár SPT

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7 pm The Sea Wolf and Kings Row FILM 8 pm Singers & Songbooks: Horace Silver Led by Camille Thurman and the Darrell Green Trio SPT

10 am BMF Program Ten OLIN 1 pm Preconcert Talk OLIN 1:30 pm BMF Program Eleven OLIN 4 pm Preconcert Talk SOS 5 pm BMF Program Twelve SOS 7 pm 2001: A Space Odyssey FILM

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10 am BMF Program Four OLIN 1 pm Preconcert Talk OLIN 1:30 pm BMF Program Five OLIN 4:30 pm Preconcert Talk SOS 5 pm BMF Program Six SOS 6 pm Cage/Cunningham Music and Dance Circus SPT 7 pm The Man Who Knew Too Much FILM

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10 am BMF Panel One OLIN 1 pm Preconcert Talk OLIN 1:30 pm BMF Program Two OLIN 7 pm Preconcert Talk SOS 8 pm BMF Program Three SOS 8:30 pm Double Troubles Erin Markey: Wet Food and Peter Smith: Alone, at last SPT 10:30 pm After Hours SPT

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7 pm The Ancient Law FILM 8 pm Singers & Songbooks: Anita O’Day Led by Veronica Swift SPT

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Tickets, Transportation, and Dining 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 are 10 am – 5 pm, Monday–Friday, and two hours prior to each scheduled event. Ticketing fees support our box office infrastructure and apply to single tickets and subscriptions regardless of purchase method.

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

Visit fishercenter.bard.edu/groupsales for details.

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/visit. For best parking, please 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 are available for advance purchase for your return trip to New York City. For details, visit fishercenter.bard.edu/transportation.

accessibility All our venues and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. The Fisher Center utilizes golf carts to assist patrons with impaired mobility 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.

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summerscape dining the spiegeltent The Spiegeltent is the SummerScape festival’s oasis, a place to enjoy seasonal, locally inspired 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 These picnics are an 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. Order online at least five days prior to your visit.

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 10, 11, 17, and 18.

Cash only.

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% Vocal performance series—buy theater, opera, and Program Twelve: Die tote Stadt and save 30% Hollywood series—buy theater, Program Seven: Robin Hood and Beyond, and Singers & Songbooks: Fred Astaire and save 30% Singers & Songbooks series—buy all five performances and save 30%

spiegeltent dining packages Out-of-town package—includes mainstage ticket, round trip bus from New York City, and three-course meal; save $30 Night out package—includes mainstage ticket and three-course meal; save $20 Available for select performances. Ticketing fees apply; gratuity and beverages not included.

For complete information and to order tickets and subscription packages, visit fishercenter.bard.edu or call the Fisher Center box office at 845-758-7900.

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! become a friend of the fisher center 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 including: • Advance ticket access • Invitations to exclusive events • Discounts on Spiegeltent dining Membership benefits start at just $75.

For more information about how to become a member, please contact 845-758-7987 or visit fishercenter.bard.edu/support.

Major support for Fisher Center and Bard Music Festival programs has been provided by: Jamie Albright and Stephen Hart Helen and Roger Alcaly Amphion Foundation The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Anonymous The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture Joshua J. Aronson Kathleen Vuillet Augustine Bessemer National Gift Fund Bettina Baruch Foundation Carolyn Marks Blackwood and Gregory H. Quinn Anne Donovan Bodnar and James L. Bodnar Leon Botstein and Barbara Haskell Bob Bursey and Leah Cox Michelle R. Clayman Cultural Services of the French Embassy Mary and Matthew Deady Johan de Meij and Dyan Machan Troy O. Dixon Amy K. and David Dubin Robert C. Edmonds ’68 The Educational Foundation of America The Ettinger Foundation Beverly Fanger and Dr. Herbert S. Chase Jr. Stefano Ferrari Stephen Fillo and Jane Gould Britton and Melina Fisher Catherine C. Fisher Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander Jeanne Donovan Fisher Judith and Alan H. Fishman Ford Foundation Jay Franke and David Herro Gagosian John Geller and Alan Skog S. Asher Gelman ’06 and Mati Bardosh Gelman Helena and Christopher Gibbs James Gillson

Carlos Gonzalez and Katherine Stewart I. Bruce Gordon and David Levin Dr. Terry S. Gotthelf Matthew M. Guerreiro and Christina Mohr Amy and Ronald Guttman Thomas and Bryanne Hamill Thomas Hesse and Gwendolyn Bellmann Elena and Frederic Howard Barbara and Sven Huseby Amy Husten and Jim Haskin Anne E. Impellizzeri Beth Jones and Susan Simon Richard and Jane Katzman Susan and Roger Kennedy Dr. Barbara Kenner Paul and Lynn Knight Edna and Gary Lachmund Alison L. Lankenau Prof. Nancy S. Leonard and Dr. Lawrence Kramer Leo Shull Foundation for the Arts Marika Lindholm and Ray Nimrod Christopher Lipscomb and Monique Segarra Local Economies Project of the New World Foundation Amy and Thomas O. Maggs Nancy A. Marks Marstrand Foundation Nathan M. and Rebecca Gold Milikowsky Millbrook Tribute Garden Virginia and Timothy Millhiser Andrea and Kenneth L. Miron The Morningstar Foundation Martin L. and Lucy Miller Murray Nancy and Edwin Marks Family Foundation Anthony Napoli National Endowment for the Arts New England Foundation for the Arts

New Music USA New York State Council on the Arts Abraham Nussbaum, MD and Gail Nussbaum Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr. Samuel and Ellen Phelan Drs. M. Susan and Irwin Richman Amanda J. Rubin Fiona and Eric Rudin Ted Ruthizer and Jane Denkensohn Myrna Sameth David Schulz David E. Schwab II ’52 and Ruth Schwartz Schwab ’52 Bonnie and Daniel Shapiro Denise S. Simon and Paulo Vieiradacunha Janet and Michael Sirotta Sarah and Howard Solomon Martin and Toni Sosnoff David and Sarah Stack Stewart’s/Dake Family Stony Brook Foundation Allan and Ronnie Streichler Thendara Foundation Felicitas S. Thorne Trust for Mutual Understanding Levin Vadim Illiana van Meeteren Olivia van Melle Kamp The Vilcek Foundation Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Dr. Siri von Reis Millie and Robert Wise William C Zifchak Andrew E. Zobler and Manny Urquiza List current as of April 15, 2019 Corporate Sponsor Gary DiMauro Real Estate Stair Galleries

Opposite page: Fisher Center, photo by Scott Barrow Back cover: poster for Jacob & Josef Kohn, detail, 1904, Koloman Moser. Wikimedia Commons

SUMMERSCAPE GALA HONORING MARTIN AND TONI SOSNOFF ALAN CUMMING SATURDAY, JULY 13 MONTGOMERY PLACE 6 PM TO BENEFIT THE RICHARD B. FISHER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS GALA CHAIRS CAROLYN MARKS BLACKWOOD AND GREGORY QUINN STEFANO FERRARI ANTHONY NAPOLI MANNY URQUIZA AND ANDREW E. ZOBLER fishercenter.bard.edu/events/gala or 845-758-BARD (2273)

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