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Experience the gripping drama of Bedřich Smetana’s Dalibor, a powerful Czech opera that weaves themes of revenge, love, and fate. Set against a backdrop of medieval intrigue, Dalibor follows its titular tragic hero as he faces a desperate struggle for redemption. With sweeping orchestral music and unforgettable arias, Dalibor captivates with its emotional depth and stirring melodies. Director Jean-Romain Vesperini (Henri VIII) returns to Bard SummerScape to helm this first fully staged American production of a rarely heard masterpiece.

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Dalibor

Fisher Center at Bard

The effervescent Peruvian & Mexican American Soprano Vanessa Becerra stars as Norina in Donizetti’s classic comedy, Don Pasquale.
The extraordinary fully staged opera’s cast includes tenor Jonah Hoskins as Ernesto, baritone Alexey Lavrov as Dr. Malatesta, and bass-baritone Matt Burns as Don Pasquale. Noah Lindquist leads Festival Orchestra Napa in this enduring tale of love and deception. Jean- Romain Vesperini directs, with video sets by Anouar Brissel.

Manetti Shrem Opera Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale

Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

The Mascarade Opera showcase 2024 will feature scenes from a selection of operas with Mascarade Artists and the Orchestra Filharmonie, conducted by Maestro Wyn Davies, with stage direction by Jean-Romain Vesperini.

Giovani Voci All'opera

Teatro Della Pergola

The luminous Spanish soprano Serena Sáenz makes her U.S. debut as Norina in Donizetti’s classic comedy, Don Pasquale" class="css-u850">Don Pasquale. The stellar cast includes tenor Thomas Cilluffo as Ernesto, baritone Alexey Lavrov as Dr. Malatesta, and baritone Lucas Meachem as Don Pasquale. Noah Lindquist leads Festival Orchestra Napa in this enduring tale of love and deception. Jean-Romain Vesperini directs.

Manetti Shrem Opera

Festival Napa Valley Stage at Charles Krug

Henri VIII is French grand opera at its most magnificent. In this love triangle for the ages, an infamous Tudor king is determined to divorce Catherine of Aragon in favor of the ambitious, beautiful Anne Boleyn. Saint-Saëns’s exquisite vocal passages and rich orchestration bring this rarely performed masterpiece to vivid life in this captivating new production.

Henri VIII at Bard SummerScape

Sosnoff Theater

Star baritone Lucas Meachem returns to Festival Napa Valley to perform the title role in Puccini’s <em>Gianni Schicchi</em>, widely considered to be one of the funniest operas of all time. Maestro Kent Nagano makes his Festival debut and leads Meachem, soprano Mikaela Bennett, tenor Mario Rojas, mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh and Festival Orchestra Napa in this comic farce featuring some of Puccini’s best music, including the famous aria "O mio babbino caro.” Jean-Romain Vesperini directs.

Puccini's Gianni Schicchi

Charles Krug

The exhilarating soprano Andriana Chuchman returns to Festival Napa Valley to headline L’elisir d’amore, Donizetti’s 1832 comic masterpiece, reprising the role of Adina, with which she made her 2014 Metropolitan Opera debut. The outstanding cast includes tenor Mario Chang as the lovestruck peasant Nemorino, soprano Mikayla Sager as Adina’s friend Giannetta, and singers from the Festival’s Manetti Shrem Summer Conservatory. Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini with video sets by Anouar Brissel, and Gemma New conducting Festival Orchestra Napa.

Director

Jean-Romain Vesperini

Events

Past events

Jul 25 - Aug 3, 2025

Dalibor · Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

Nov 15, 2024

Manetti Shrem Opera Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale · Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

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