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OPERA WEEKEND ARRIVES

OPERA WEEKEND ARRIVES ‘Flute,’ ‘Macbeth,’ ‘Cato,’ ‘Candide’ Performed Lakeside This is one of two summer weekends when all four of the Glimmerglass Festival’s productions are performed in the Alice Busch Opera Theatre on Otsego Lake.  Below are reviews of this year’s productions by Pat Thorpe for The Freeman’s Journal (Cooperstown’s newspaper) and Hometown Oneonta, allotsego.com’s sister publications. New Mozart ‘Flute’ ‘Completely Magical’ Big Choruses Bolster Leads In ‘Macbeth’ ‘Cato’ Buoys Reputation For Baroque ‘Candide’ Overcomes ‘Relentless Tinkering’ Check for the SCHEDULE…

‘Cato’ Buoys Reputation For Baroque

‘Cato’ Buoys Reputation For Baroque Review by PAT THORPE for www.allotsego.com For more than 20 years, Glimmerglass Opera has brought baroque opera to life, convincing audiences that opera from the 17th and 18th centuries overflows with compelling drama and beautiful music.  But even baroque enthusiasts were puzzled at the choice of “Cato in Utica,” by Antonio Vivaldi, for the 40th Anniversary season. Vivaldi is a fount of melody in his familiar orchestral writing, but as an opera composer – he…

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