Name: A BERNSTEIN FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT: Reception, Talk, and Screening
Start: 2025-09-24T18:30:00
Location: Town Hall Theater

Filippo Ciabatti

Opera Company of Middlebury

Verdi’s La Traviata

Town Hall Theater

Join us as we open A Bernstein Festival with a festive toast of prosecco and light refreshments, followed by a pre-show talk from OCM Music Director Filippo Ciabatti, who will share a conductor’s insight into Leonard Bernstein’s extraordinary life and legacy. The evening’s main feature is the acclaimed 1993 documentary Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music, created shortly after Bernstein’s passing by director Horant H. Honfeld, who spent two decades following the maestro. This intimate film offers a rare perspective, enriched with archival treasures—interviews, speeches, and excerpts from Bernstein’s landmark Omnibus television series—and was originally presented as part of PBS’s Great Performances.