"Conductor Marin Alsop put an exclamation point on the Aspen Music Festival season by whipping up a rip-snorting 'Rite of Spring' in Sunday afternoon's final concert to top off what has been a season of often-exciting and well-played orchestral programs."
The Aspen Opera Theater Center kicks off its season this Thursday with the first opera from the Beaumarchais trilogy, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. The comedic masterpiece introduces the audience to some of opera’s most beloved characters, including the sly and witty barber Figaro. The Barber of Seville opens tomorrow, July 15, with a benefit performance at 8 pm and continues Saturday, July 17, and Monday, July 19, at 7 pm.
The Aspen Music Festival and School will set the stage for an American premiere of a work composed by Phillip Glass and performed Robert McDuffie.
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ASPEN, Colo.—Broadway and television star Audra McDonald makes her highly-anticipated Aspen Music Festival and School debut this Saturday evening, July 24, at 6 p.m. in Harris Concert Hall, as a part of this year’s season benefit. The four-time Tony Award and two-time Grammy Award winner will present an evening of show tunes, standards and original songs written especially for her, followed by―for the first time ever―an elegant dinner with McDonald on the stage of the Benedict Music Tent.
Continue Reading July 20th, 2010
The Aspen Opera Theater Center kicks off its season this Thursday with the first opera from the Beaumarchais trilogy, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. The comedic masterpiece introduces the audience to some of opera’s most beloved characters, including the sly and witty barber Figaro.
The Barber of Seville opens tomorrow, July 15, with a benefit performance at 8 pm and continues Saturday, July 17, and Monday, July 19, at 7 pm.
The opening night event will be this summer’s most glamorous benefit evening. Patrons of the black-tie 2010 Opera Benefit will enjoy a 5 pm cocktail hour at the home of Richard Edwards, followed by an elegant dinner at the Caribou Club. Opera-only tickets are also available, including an intermission reception featuring sparkling wine, cocktails, and hors d’oeuvres.
Continue Reading July 14th, 2010
Aspen Post,
We're running a ticket giveaway contest for the U.S. premiere of the new Philip Glass piece at the Aspen Music Festival on July 22. We would love to get the word out about it by announcing it to Aspen residents/visitors on your site and in whatever ways might be helpful to you! To enter the contest, all Aspen residents and visitors have to do is visit facebook.com/RobertMcduffieViolin.
Continue Reading July 13th, 2010
ASPEN, COLO.— The Aspen Music Festival and School announced today that the nominating committee of the board of trustees has nominated Kay Bucksbaum as chair of the board of trustees of the AMFS, and she has accepted this nomination. The full board of trustees will meet on June 29, 2010 to vote on its new officers, including Bucksbaum. Prior to that meeting, Bucksbaum will work with the nominating committee to develop a slate of other officers.
Continue Reading June 25th, 2010
Monies will make possible a transformation of the festival’s recording and broadcast sound
Funds support the purchase of state-of-the-art recording engineering equipment, completion of the festival’s audio archive, and underwrite a 2-week residency at the AMFS by America’s top classical music show, Performance Today
Continue Reading May 20th, 2010
Aspen, CO — Grammy Award-winning pianist Yefim Bronfman is widely regarded as one of the most talented virtuosos performing today. His commanding technique and exceptional lyrical gifts have won him consistent critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences worldwide, whether for his solo recitals, his prestigious orchestral engagements, or his rapidly growing catalogue of recordings. Bronfman returns to Harris Concert Hall for his only Aspen performance of 2010, Friday, February 19, as part of the Aspen Music Festival and School’s Winter Music Artist Recital Series.
Continue Reading February 9th, 2010
ASPEN, Colo. — The Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS) brings to Aspen the hugely successful The Met: Live in HD opera series, beginning with Richard Strauss’s masterpiece, Der Rosenkavalier at the Wheeler Opera House on Wednesday, January 27. The encore-broadcast features opera superstars Renée Fleming (an AMFS alumna) as the Marschallin and Susan Graham as Octavian. Edo De Waart conducts a cast that includes Christine Schäfer as Sophie, Eric Cutler as the Italian singer, Thomas Allen as Faninal, and Kristinn Sigmundsson as Baron Ochs. This performance is hosted by legendary tenor Plácido Domingo with intermission features including backstage interviews with the cast. There will be a free champagne reception at the first intermission for all attendees.
Continue Reading January 20th, 2010
The true and sometimes hateful soul of Aspen was left bare this week when Aspen Music Festival president and CEO Alan Fletcher resigned suddenly after a series of disputes over everything from faculty layoffs to his inability to hug Bruce Berger every time he saw him outside the Benedict Music Tent.
Why do I see this as Aspen at its worst? Because Fletcher, though shy and decidedly not warm and fuzzy, was the best thing to happen to the Music Fest since the late Robert Harth. He took an organization rent asunder by the departure of CEO Don Roth and lent it stability and grace--not to mention his artistic pedigree born of his skill as a contemporary composer. On top of that he was a terrific writer with much to say about music and its relationship to the world. He will be terribly missed, and I predict a time when patrons will look back on letting him go as a huge mistake.
Continue Reading October 14th, 2009
There was talk about lowering the $920 payout to employees as the health and wellness benefit (that money used for items like ski passes or gym memberships) down to $700, but several commissioners including Jack Hatfield urged that carrot stay in place as an incentive to someone working and living in a ski town.
Pitkin County’s budget for next year will be reviewed each quarter by the BOCC---and if necessary will be adjusted depending on what happens with the economy.
Continue Reading October 14th, 2009
As one of today's preeminent dramatic sopranos, superstar Deborah Voigt has garnered acclaim from both critics and audiences. This August 6, Voigt joins David Zinman in what will surely be one of the most memorable concerts of the summer. The program includes music of Beethoven and Strauss.
Also, please join us for the Festival and School's 60th Anniversary Celebration that will take place prior to this concert at 5pm. Come eat, drink, and reminisce about your favorite Festival memory. Celebration-only tickets are $35. Tickets with special seating at the Deborah Voigt concert with Celebration are $150.
This event is sure to be very popular, so get your tickets early by calling 970-925-9042.
March 30th, 2009
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