In Memoriam Elizabeth F. Snyder July 4, 1937 - December 26, 2022 Elizabeth "Betsey" Fenton Snyder COOPERSTOWN - Elizabeth "Betsey" Fenton Snyder passed away in Cooperstown, NY, on December 26, 2022 at the age of 85. She was born in Salamanca, NY, on July 4, 1937 to William and Olive Fenton. She attended Brown University where she earned an A.B. in 1959 and Syracuse University where she earned an M.Ed. in 1971. As an educator and school administrator, her most…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 The Met Streams First Performance of 'Medea' PRE-OPERA TALK – Noon. Enjoy discussion of the Opera ‘Medea’ which was performed by the Glimmerglass festival in 2011 and is now being performed for the first time by The Metropolitan Opera House. Upstairs Theater, 2nd floor, Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. OPERA – 12:55 p.m. View live performance of the Metropolitan Opera, streaming live in Oneonta. This week the Met presents ‘Medea’ the story of the sorceress…
Glimmerglass Festival Guild Contributes $25,000 Robert Ainsley, Laura Tansey Wetzel The Glimmerglass Festival Guild held its Annual Meeting on September 19 at the Farm Credit East, where members of the volunteer organization voted to donate $25,000 to The Glimmerglass Festival, the summer opera and musical theater company known for its innovative productions. Through volunteer services, community engagement and educational programs, the Guild provides both acts of service and financial support for the world-renowned company. The Guild raises money through the…
In Memoriam Jeanne S. B. Viek, 93 March 22, 1928 - January 22, 2022 Jeanne “Jeje” Stone Barrett Viek COOPERSTOWN - Jeanne “Jeje” Stone Barrett Viek, 93, passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home in Cooperstown on January 22, 2022. She was born on March 22, 1928 in Bryn Mawr, PA, the daughter of Albert Oliver and Lisbeth Beatrice (Stone) Barrett. She grew up in Devon, PA. Most weekends the family went to their farm on the eastern shore of…
Bravo Francesca Zambello and Thank You! Partner Faith Gay, their son Jack, and Francesca celebrate on stage on Saturday to a round of applause, while the audience sang Climb Every Mountain. Francesca Zambello is close to the end of her time at Glimmerglass Festival. “The end of my tenure at The Glimmerglass is bittersweet. I am grateful for all the love that has been showered on me and my family during this season. When I joined The Glimmerglass Festival, my…
The Power of the Pack at Glimmerglass By Antonia Mody Photo by Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival. This past week The Glimmerglass Festival celebrated the world premiere of The Jungle Book with “A Day at The Festival.” Organized by the Glimmerglass Festival Guild, “A Day at the Festival” invited local children and students to the Glimmerglass campus to partake in Jungle Book-themed festivities before viewing the premiere. As children and their families entered the theater, it was clear the outreach and…
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The Glimmerglass Festival Dedicates the New Lady Juliet Tadgell Garden The Lady Juliet Tadgell Garden was designed by award-winning landscape architect, Sheila Brady. Cooperstown, NY—This past weekend, the Board of Trustees of the Glimmerglass Festival formally dedicated the newly redone courtyard adjacent to the theater as The Lady Juliet Tadgell Garden. A longtime summer resident of the Cooperstown community and Honorary Life Trustee of the Festival, Lady Juliet has been one of the organization’s most ardent friends and supporters since…
That’s the Way They Became the Grady Bunch by Antonia Mody This Cooperstown family has experienced the magic of The Glimmerglass Festival as audience members for decades. Now, they take the Glimmerglass stage together this summer. The Gradys, or the Grady Bunch as they are lovingly called, are all singing and dancing in Glimmerglass Festival productions this summer. The Sound of Music, playing now, features parents Kara and Matt, as well as Gavin, 12, who stars as Friedrich von Trapp.…
Editorial A Chorus For Us Last Friday evening, a new production of The Sound of Music, the beloved musical written in 1959 by Rodgers and Hammerstein, came to life at The Glimmerglass Festival, signaling the start of the 2022 season, its 47th — an astonishing accomplishment. The Glimmerglass Festival, changing its name over the years, began with three performances of La Bohème, courageously staged after three years of planning in the sparsely designed, non-air-conditioned, orchestra-pit-less 400-seat auditorium of the Cooperstown…