Katie: Strongest of the Strong
Mar
28

Katie: Strongest of the Strong

Katie: Strongest of the Strong is the true story of Katie Sandwina – a circus strongwoman who defied cultural expectations of women and was instrumental in the U.S. suffrage movement in the 1900s. Featuring an all-female cast, the HGO original commission is an engaging way for students and families to learn about the importance of equal rights. Katie and her husband Max move from Austria to the U.S., where she joins Barnum and Bailey Circus, becomes a mother, and teams up with Marina, a young journalist, to fight for the voting rights of women. With an all-female cast, this 2020 HGO commission from composer Faye Chiao and librettist Anton Dudley is an engaging way for students and families to learn about the importance of equal rights. The 45-minute opera celebrates women’s strength and confidence through the inspiring true story of protagonist Katie Sandwina. The story, shared from the perspective of journalist Marina Martin, features a chorus of circus women who play multiple characters and demonstrate how strength and beauty come in all shapes and sizes. The opera is appropriate for kids who are between Kindergarten and 6th grade.

Director: MARY BIRNBAUM

Music Director: JULIAN GAU

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Pasta and Puccini
Mar
28

Pasta and Puccini

The Opera Saratoga Guild invites you to Pasta & Puccini!

Join us for an evening of fine Italian foods, opera arias, and fun!

Guild Members: $75
Non-Guild Members: $95

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Listen to this Concert Series
Jun
4

Listen to this Concert Series

RPI Director of Institute Ensembles Robert Whalen will discuss his collaboration with librettists Mark Steidl, Katherine Skovira and Sara Pyszka and Opera Saratoga on a new opera for synthetic and acoustic voice THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE written by and for people who use Alternative Assistive Communication.

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2024 Festival Preview at The Sembrich
Jun
5

2024 Festival Preview at The Sembrich

An evening of standards from Cosi fan tutte and Guys and Dolls from one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious opera training programs. 

Opera Saratoga serves the communities of Saratoga Springs, the Lower Adirondack and New York State Capital areas by providing access to world-class opera through the production of an annual Summer Festival, as well as year-round activities including extensive educational programs, mentorship of emerging operatic artists and unique opportunities for the public to experience opera.  

Followed by a lakeside reception.

For tickets and more information visit: Festival Artists from Opera Saratoga — The Sembrich

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Listen to this Concert Series
Jun
11

Listen to this Concert Series

On Tuesday, June 11th, director George R. Miller, Bass-baritone William Socolof and pianist Chris Reynolds collaborate on the workshop of a contemporary staging of Franz Schubert’s seminal song cycle WINTERREISE. Originally from Albany and Saratoga Springs, respectively, Miller and Reynolds bring their many accolades back to the Capital Region.

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Free Family Show
Jun
15

Free Family Show

Favorite scenes and songs from GUYS AND DOLLS and COSÌ FAN TUTTE performed by Festival Artists. With a sensory-friendly area and space to run around, children belong at Opera Saratoga

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Listen to this Concert Series
Jun
18

Listen to this Concert Series

I WOKE UP IN THE SKY

On Tuesday, June 18th, composer-performer Catherine Brookman shares her album “I Woke Up In the Sky” with Opera Saratoga’s audiences. Her music deals with the experience of time passing, collapsing, unfinished business, heartbreak, loneliness, depression.

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Free Family Show
Jun
19

Free Family Show

Favorite scenes and songs from GUYS AND DOLLS and COSÌ FAN TUTTE performed by Festival Artists. With a sensory-friendly area and space to run around, children belong at Opera Saratoga.

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Jun
19

A Juneteenth Celebration with Anthony Davis

The Sembrich celebrates Juneteenth with Pulitzer prize-winning composer Anthony Davis. Soprano Christine Jobson, bass-baritone Carl DuPont, and pianist Alan Johnson perform excerpts from Davis’s acclaimed operas, X – The Life and Times of Malcolm X, Amistad, Tania and The Central Park Five, all portraying momentous actions and engagements crucial to black Americans. Composer Davis will treat the audience to a piano improvisation and a discussion of his works. 

Presented in collaboration with The Sembrich.

For tickets and more information visit: A Juneteenth Celebration with Anthony Davis — The Sembrich

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Free Family Show
Jun
23

Free Family Show

Favorite scenes and songs from GUYS AND DOLLS and COSÌ FAN TUTTE performed by Festival Artists. With a sensory-friendly area and space to run around, children belong at Opera Saratoga.

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Così fan tutte
Jun
28

Così fan tutte

WILL PROMISES MADE IN THE MORNING WITHSTAND A NIGHT OF FANTASY?

Mozart’s sparkling music collides with Da Ponte’s darkly funny libretto in this betting opera where the promise of perfect marriage competes with the temptation of earthly desire.

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Free Family Show
Jun
29

Free Family Show

Favorite scenes and songs from GUYS AND DOLLS and COSÌ FAN TUTTE performed by Festival Artists. With a sensory-friendly area and space to run around, children belong at Opera Saratoga.

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Guys and Dolls
Jun
29

Guys and Dolls

NEW YORK’S OWN MUSICAL COMEDY—AS BRIGHT AS A DIME IN A SUBWAY GRATING, AS SMART AS A SIDEWALK PIGEON, AS PROFESSIONAL AS JOE DIMAGGIO, AS ENCHANTING AS THE SKYLINE, AS NEW AS THE PAPER YOU’RE HOLDING. -NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, 1950

Featuring classic hits like “If I Were a Bell”, “Luck Be a Lady” and “Sit Down (You’re Rockin’ the Boat)”, Frank Loesser’s beloved gambling musical is a love letter to the precariousness of right now, and the probability of getting through it (by the sharp lapels of our checkered coat.)

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Così fan tutte
Jun
30

Così fan tutte

WILL PROMISES MADE IN THE MORNING WITHSTAND A NIGHT OF FANTASY?

Mozart’s sparkling music collides with Da Ponte’s darkly funny libretto in this betting opera where the promise of perfect marriage competes with the temptation of earthly desire.

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Free Family Show
Jul
2

Free Family Show

Favorite scenes and songs from GUYS AND DOLLS and COSÌ FAN TUTTE performed by Festival Artists. With a sensory-friendly area and space to run around, children belong at Opera Saratoga.

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Guys and Dolls
Jul
2

Guys and Dolls

NEW YORK’S OWN MUSICAL COMEDY—AS BRIGHT AS A DIME IN A SUBWAY GRATING, AS SMART AS A SIDEWALK PIGEON, AS PROFESSIONAL AS JOE DIMAGGIO, AS ENCHANTING AS THE SKYLINE, AS NEW AS THE PAPER YOU’RE HOLDING. -NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, 1950

Featuring classic hits like “If I Were a Bell”, “Luck Be a Lady” and “Sit Down (You’re Rockin’ the Boat)”, Frank Loesser’s beloved gambling musical is a love letter to the precariousness of right now, and the probability of getting through it (by the sharp lapels of our checkered coat.)

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Così fan tutte
Jul
3

Così fan tutte

WILL PROMISES MADE IN THE MORNING WITHSTAND A NIGHT OF FANTASY?

Mozart’s sparkling music collides with Da Ponte’s darkly funny libretto in this betting opera where the promise of perfect marriage competes with the temptation of earthly desire.

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Guys and Dolls
Jul
3

Guys and Dolls

NEW YORK’S OWN MUSICAL COMEDY—AS BRIGHT AS A DIME IN A SUBWAY GRATING, AS SMART AS A SIDEWALK PIGEON, AS PROFESSIONAL AS JOE DIMAGGIO, AS ENCHANTING AS THE SKYLINE, AS NEW AS THE PAPER YOU’RE HOLDING. -NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, 1950

Featuring classic hits like “If I Were a Bell”, “Luck Be a Lady” and “Sit Down (You’re Rockin’ the Boat)”, Frank Loesser’s beloved gambling musical is a love letter to the precariousness of right now, and the probability of getting through it (by the sharp lapels of our checkered coat.)

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Guys and Dolls
Jul
5

Guys and Dolls

NEW YORK’S OWN MUSICAL COMEDY—AS BRIGHT AS A DIME IN A SUBWAY GRATING, AS SMART AS A SIDEWALK PIGEON, AS PROFESSIONAL AS JOE DIMAGGIO, AS ENCHANTING AS THE SKYLINE, AS NEW AS THE PAPER YOU’RE HOLDING. -NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, 1950

Featuring classic hits like “If I Were a Bell”, “Luck Be a Lady” and “Sit Down (You’re Rockin’ the Boat)”, Frank Loesser’s beloved gambling musical is a love letter to the precariousness of right now, and the probability of getting through it (by the sharp lapels of our checkered coat.)

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Guys and Dolls
Jul
6

Guys and Dolls

NEW YORK’S OWN MUSICAL COMEDY—AS BRIGHT AS A DIME IN A SUBWAY GRATING, AS SMART AS A SIDEWALK PIGEON, AS PROFESSIONAL AS JOE DIMAGGIO, AS ENCHANTING AS THE SKYLINE, AS NEW AS THE PAPER YOU’RE HOLDING. -NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, 1950

Featuring classic hits like “If I Were a Bell”, “Luck Be a Lady” and “Sit Down (You’re Rockin’ the Boat)”, Frank Loesser’s beloved gambling musical is a love letter to the precariousness of right now, and the probability of getting through it (by the sharp lapels of our checkered coat.)

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Così fan tutte
Jul
6

Così fan tutte

WILL PROMISES MADE IN THE MORNING WITHSTAND A NIGHT OF FANTASY?

Mozart’s sparkling music collides with Da Ponte’s darkly funny libretto in this betting opera where the promise of perfect marriage competes with the temptation of earthly desire.

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Guys and Dolls
Jul
7

Guys and Dolls

NEW YORK’S OWN MUSICAL COMEDY—AS BRIGHT AS A DIME IN A SUBWAY GRATING, AS SMART AS A SIDEWALK PIGEON, AS PROFESSIONAL AS JOE DIMAGGIO, AS ENCHANTING AS THE SKYLINE, AS NEW AS THE PAPER YOU’RE HOLDING. -NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, 1950

Featuring classic hits like “If I Were a Bell”, “Luck Be a Lady” and “Sit Down (You’re Rockin’ the Boat)”, Frank Loesser’s beloved gambling musical is a love letter to the precariousness of right now, and the probability of getting through it (by the sharp lapels of our checkered coat.)

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Katie: The Strongest of the Strong
Mar
23

Katie: The Strongest of the Strong

Opera Saratoga will be touring Katie: The Strongest of the Strong, from March 11 - 28, 2024 to schools all over the Capital Region.

Katie: Strongest of the Strong is the true story of Katie Sandwina – a circus strongwoman who defied cultural expectations of women and was instrumental in the U.S. suffrage movement in the 1900s. Featuring an all-female cast, the HGO original commission is an engaging way for students and families to learn about the importance of equal rights. Katie and her husband Max move from Austria to the U.S., where she joins Barnum and Bailey Circus, becomes a mother, and teams up with Marina, a young journalist, to fight for the voting rights of women. With an all-female cast, this 2020 HGO commission from composer Faye Chiao and librettist Anton Dudley is an engaging way for students and families to learn about the importance of equal rights.The 45-minute opera celebrates women’s strength and confidence through the inspiring true story of protagonist Katie Sandwina. The story, shared from the perspective of journalist Marina Martin, features a chorus of circus women who play multiple characters and demonstrate how strength and beauty come in all shapes and sizes. The opera is appropriate for kids from K-6th grade.

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Katie: The Strongest of the Strong
Mar
16

Katie: The Strongest of the Strong

Katie: Strongest of the Strong is the true story of Katie Sandwina – a circus strongwoman who defied cultural expectations of women and was instrumental in the U.S. suffrage movement in the 1900s. Featuring an all-female cast, the HGO original commission is an engaging way for students and families to learn about the importance of equal rights. Katie and her husband Max move from Austria to the U.S., where she joins Barnum and Bailey Circus, becomes a mother, and teams up with Marina, a young journalist, to fight for the voting rights of women. With an all-female cast, this 2020 HGO commission from composer Faye Chiao and librettist Anton Dudley is an engaging way for students and families to learn about the importance of equal rights.

The 45-minute opera celebrates women’s strength and confidence through the inspiring true story of protagonist Katie Sandwina. The story, shared from the perspective of journalist Marina Martin, features a chorus of circus women who play multiple characters and demonstrate how strength and beauty come in all shapes and sizes.

The opera is appropriate for children between the grades of Kindergarten and 6th grade.

Free to attend but please register at www.hydecollection.org/event/performance-opera-saratoga-presents-katie-the-strongest-of-the-strong/

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Opera Saratoga Annual Meeting
Feb
4

Opera Saratoga Annual Meeting

Opera Saratoga's 2024 Annual Meeting will be held on:

Sunday, February 4, 2024

2:30 PM

Hosted at Caffè Lena

47 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Opera Saratoga invites all members of the community to the 2024 Annual Meeting to take place in-person and virtually at 2:30 PM on Sunday, February 4th, 2024.

Members can request a remote link by

emailing admin@operasaratoga.org by Thursday, February 1, 2024.

Login instructions will be sent prior to the meeting.

No preregistration is required to attend the Annual Meeting at Caffe Lena in person.

The meeting is open to the public and all are welcome to attend.

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Don Pasquale with post show talk with cast & creatives
Jul
9

Don Pasquale with post show talk with cast & creatives

Conducted by Brian Garman
Directed by Meaghan Deiter
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Giovanni Ruffini

Performed at Universal Preservation Hall

Bold, subversive, and full of recognizable tunes, the Italian opera buffa Don Pasquale is Gaetano Donizetti’s most celebrated work.

Featuring returning principal and former Opera Saratoga Young Artist Andy Papas as the wealthy retired bachelor Don Pasquale alongside 2023 Young Artists Randy Ho as Ernesto, Haley Whitney as Norina, Trevor Haumschilt-Rocha as Dr. Malatesta, and Alexander Smith as the Notary.

This production is suitable for all audiences and sung in Italian with English supertitles.

This production will be followed by talk with the cast and creatives.

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A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Jul
8

A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Conducted by Laura Bergquist
Directed by David Gram
Book and Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman
Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak
Based on a novel by Roy Horniman
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Vocal Arrangements by Dianne Adams McDowell & Steven Lutvak

Performed at Universal Preservation Hall

This uproarious romp (winner of myriad accolades including the Tony award for Best Musical) offers non-stop laughter, unforgettable music, and marvelously macabre antics.

Featuring former Opera Saratoga Young Artist Eric McConnell in a tour de force nine character performance as the doomed D’Ysquith family...

This production contains mature themes and is performed in English.

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Don Pasquale
Jul
7

Don Pasquale

Conducted by Brian Garman
Directed by Meaghan Deiter
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Giovanni Ruffini

Performed at Universal Preservation Hall

Bold, subversive, and full of recognizable tunes, the Italian opera buffa Don Pasquale is Gaetano Donizetti’s most celebrated work.

Featuring returning principal and former Opera Saratoga Young Artist Andy Papas as the wealthy retired bachelor Don Pasquale alongside 2023 Young Artists Randy Ho as Ernesto, Haley Whitney as Norina, Trevor Haumschilt-Rocha as Dr. Malatesta, and Alexander Smith as the Notary.

This production is suitable for all audiences and sung in Italian with English supertitles.

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A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Jul
6

A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Conducted by Laura Bergquist
Directed by David Gram
Book and Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman
Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak
Based on a novel by Roy Horniman
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Vocal Arrangements by Dianne Adams McDowell & Steven Lutvak

Performed at Universal Preservation Hall

This uproarious romp (winner of myriad accolades including the Tony award for Best Musical) offers non-stop laughter, unforgettable music, and marvelously macabre antics.

Featuring former Opera Saratoga Young Artist Eric McConnell in a tour de force nine character performance as the doomed D’Ysquith family...

This production contains mature themes and is performed in English.

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A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder followed by Cast & Creatives Postshow Talk
Jul
2

A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder followed by Cast & Creatives Postshow Talk

Conducted by Laura Bergquist
Directed by David Gram
Book and Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman
Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak
Based on a novel by Roy Horniman
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Vocal Arrangements by Dianne Adams McDowell & Steven Lutvak

Performed at Universal Preservation Hall

This uproarious romp (winner of myriad accolades including the Tony award for Best Musical) offers non-stop laughter, unforgettable music, and marvelously macabre antics.

Featuring former Opera Saratoga Young Artist Eric McConnell in a tour de force nine character performance as the doomed D’Ysquith family...

This production contains mature themes and is performed in English.

This production will be followed by a post show talk with the cast and creatives.

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Don Pasquale
Jul
1

Don Pasquale

Conducted by Brian Garman
Directed by Meaghan Deiter
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Giovanni Ruffini

Performed at Universal Preservation Hall

Bold, subversive, and full of recognizable tunes, the Italian opera buffa Don Pasquale is Gaetano Donizetti’s most celebrated work.

Featuring returning principal and former Opera Saratoga Young Artist Andy Papas as the wealthy retired bachelor Don Pasquale alongside 2023 Young Artists Randy Ho as Ernesto, Haley Whitney as Norina, Trevor Haumschilt-Rocha as Dr. Malatesta, and Alexander Smith as the Notary.

This production is suitable for all audiences and sung in Italian with English supertitles.

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OPENING NIGHT! A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Jun
30

OPENING NIGHT! A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Conducted by Laura Bergquist
Directed by David Gram
Book and Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman
Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak
Based on a novel by Roy Horniman
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Vocal Arrangements by Dianne Adams McDowell & Steven Lutvak

Performed at Universal Preservation Hall

This uproarious romp (winner of myriad accolades including the Tony award for Best Musical) offers non-stop laughter, unforgettable music, and marvelously macabre antics.

Featuring former Opera Saratoga Young Artist Eric McConnell in a tour de force nine character performance as the doomed D’Ysquith family...

This production contains mature themes and is performed in English.

Our opening night production will be followed by a champagne toast.

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A Broadway Cabaret
Jun
17

A Broadway Cabaret

A BROADWAY CABARET
Saturday, June 17 @ 2pm
Saturday, June 17 @ 7pm

The Mansion of Saratoga, Rock City Falls

Opera Saratoga returns to The Mansion of Saratoga for The Golden Age of Broadway: 1943-1964, featuring musical gems from Broadway's heyday. Broadway's own Laura Bergquist will music direct this evening, co-hosted by new General Director Mary Birnbaum! And who doesn’t love dinner and a show? The Mansion of Saratoga will be offering a delicious pre-show lunch or dinner by Cordon Bleu-trained Executive Chef Rick Bieber.

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A Broadway Cabaret
Jun
17

A Broadway Cabaret

A BROADWAY CABARET
Saturday, June 17 @ 2pm
Saturday, June 17 @ 7pm

The Mansion of Saratoga, Rock City Falls

Opera Saratoga returns to The Mansion of Saratoga for The Golden Age of Broadway: 1943-1964, featuring musical gems from Broadway's heyday. Broadway's own Laura Bergquist will music direct this evening, co-hosted by new General Director Mary Birnbaum! And who doesn’t love dinner and a show? The Mansion of Saratoga will be offering a delicious pre-show lunch or dinner by Cordon Bleu-trained Executive Chef Rick Bieber.

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Jun
8

Opera Saratoga Gala

Join us for “A Garden of Delights”, celebrating Opera Saratoga’s contributions to the cultural and community landscape of the Lower Adirondack and Capital Regions.

Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 6pm
Saratoga National Golf Club
458 Union Avenue
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

GALA HONOREES

in Memory of PHYLLIS ALDRICH

introducing MARY BIRNBAUM

GALA CHAIR: CAROL MARKLEY

We are delighted to hold the 2023 Opera Saratoga Gala: A Garden of Delights! on Thursday, June 8 at Saratoga National Golf Club. In addition to fabulous company and delicious dining, we are thrilled to once again bring our full roster of 2023 Festival Artists to this event to provide the evening’s entertainment while they dine alongside you!

At the event, we will welcome Mary Birnbaum, Opera Saratoga’s inbound General & Artistic Director, as a Guest of Honor. This year’s gala will also memorialize and celebrate the life of Phyllis Aldrich, a long-time friend and staunch supporter of Opera Saratoga, and an advocate for artists and music education. We hope you will join us as Opera Saratoga sows the seeds to new beginnings in this special way.

TICKETS:

Honorary Committee Tickets

Gardener Level - Individual Honorary Committee Ticket: $425
Honorary Table for 8: $3,200**

Standard Tickets

Individual Standard Ticket: $195

First Time Gala Attendee: $175 (limited quantities available at this special pricing!)

Standard Table of 8: $1400**

** Table purchases include a discount of $20+ per individual ticket. For an Honorary Committee Table or a Standard Ticket Table, please call the Opera Saratoga Office at (518)584-6018 to make your purchase.

Members of the Honorary Committee will receive priority seating and will also be recognized in the invitation and gala program.

All funds raised will support Opera Saratoga's world class Festival Artist training program, Opera Saratoga Songs by Heart memory care program, and the beloved Opera-to-Go music education program!

PURCHASE YOUR GALA TICKETS SECURELY ONLINE,
OR CALL 518.584.6018 TO PURCHASE BY PHONE

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Stars of Tomorrow Concert @Spa Little Theater
Jun
3

Stars of Tomorrow Concert @Spa Little Theater

STARS OF TOMORROW
SATURDAY, JUNE 3 @ 7pm

The Spa Little Theatre

Saratoga Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs, NY

Come hear our brilliant Festival Artists shine at our annual Stars of Tomorrow concert. These 21 artists were chosen out of 1,000 applicants to be members of Opera Saratoga's prestigious Festival Artist training program. One of the most popular concerts of the season, the program will include blockbuster arias and spectacular vocal effects from our bright young stars.

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May
13

Travel with the Guild! Aida @The Met

JOIN US FOR AIDA AT The Met
SATURDAY, MAY 13TH, 2023

The interest expressed for the day trip to the Metropolitan Opera to see Aida on May 13, 2023 was so high that we have doubled the number of tickets from 20 to 40.  We expect that this event will sell out - so we are offering an early opportunity for Guild members to have priority to buy their tickets before we extend the invitation to the larger Opera Saratoga email list.

 

The price is $225 for Guild members and $255 for non-members

 

Tentative trip schedule:

Leave Saratoga Spa Little Theater at 6:30 am

Pick up at Crossgates Mall (Macy’s Parking Lot) at 7:15 am

Arrive in New York City Lincoln Center at 10:15 - 10:30 am

 

Attendees have free time to have lunch in the Lincoln Center area.

 

Matinee Performance is at 1:00 pm - 4:55 pm

 

Board bus for trip home at 5:15 pm

Drop off at Crossgates Mall at 8:00 pm

Drop off at Saratoga Spa Little Theater 8:45 pm

 

To buy your ticket(s) for this spectacular production - scroll down to add the ticket(s) to your cart.

 

Not yet a Guild member?  You can join the Guild as part of the ticket buying process.  Membership is $50/person and is good through September 2023.

 

We hope you plan to join us!

 

Carol Markley

Opera Saratoga Board of Directors, Guild Liaison

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