Our June 2018 Season

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Coming Up

  • 21Jun

    Lecture |  More About What’s Baroque about Baroque Music?

    John Burkhalter, independent scholar and Artistic Director of The Practitioners of Musick, discusses the music and instruments of the “Age of the Baroque.” Free and open to the public.

    • Thursday June 21 at 7 pm

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  • 21-1Jun

    Musical Theater | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

    Sondheim’s joyous, musical romp through Rome has desperate lovers, scheming neighbors and secrets behind every toga. Free “Meet the Artists” reception on Opening Night.

    • June 10 through July 1

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  • 23-27Jun

    Princeton Festival Baroque OrChestra

    Concertmaster Juan Carlos Zamudio returns with this favorite Festival ensemble for two different period orchestra performances.

    • Saturday June 23 at 5 pm
    • Wednesday June 27 at 7:30 pm

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  • 23Jun

    Jazz  |  Peter and Will Anderson Quintet

    Peter and Will Anderson are known for their unique renditions of classic jazz songs and innovative original music. They are featured on the 2014 Grammy-winning soundtrack of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire with Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks.

    • Saturday June 23 at 8 pm

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  • 24-1Jun

    Opera | Madama Butterfly

    The intensely moving drama, combined with Puccini’s heartfelt music, set Madama Butterfly apart as not just a crowd-pleaser, but a masterpiece.

    • Saturday June 16 at 7:30 pm – free “Meet the Artists” reception immediately follows
    • Sunday June 24 at 3 pm
    • Sunday July 1 at 3 pm

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  • 24-1Jun

    Exhibit  |  Music-Inspired Art

    Paintings by A-TEAM artists, affiliated with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, will be displayed for sale at Thomas Sweet Café in Skillman, NJ throughout May and at the Madama Butterfly performances on June 16, June 24, and July 1.

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  • 25Jun

    Lecture |  Before Butterfly: 17th-Century Dutch & Japanese Music

    John Burkhalter and Glenn Shōyū Swann discuss the convergence of cultures resulting from the arrival of the Dutch East India Company in Japan and perform 17th c. and Dutch-inspired Japanese music. Free and open to the public.

    • Monday June 25 at 7 pm

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  • 25-1Jun

    Education & Community Engagement Programs

    Lectures, pre-performance conversations, workshops, preview performances, artist round tables and more!

    • Friday February 18 through Sunday July 1

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  • 28Jun

    Lecture  |  Madama Butterfly Goes to Paris; Isabella Stewart Gardner Goes to Japan

    Marianne Grey, Princeton University Art Museum Docent, discusses the West’s embrace of all things Japanese in the decades preceding Madama Butterfly. Free and open to the public.

    • Tuesday June 12 at 7 pm
    • Thursday June 28 at 7 pm

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  • 30Jun

    Choral | Princeton Festival Baroque Chorus & Orchestra

    Princeton Festival Baroque Chorus and Baroque Orchestra perform an uplifting, celebratory cantata by Bach and Handel’s brilliant, lively Dixit Dominus.  Gregory Geehern conducts these youthful works. Period instruments provide an authentic sound. Free “Meet the Artists” reception immediately follows.

    • Saturday June 30 at 7 pm

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Announcements

18Jun

Congratulations to the 2018 Piano Competition Winners

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15Jun

Shuttle Bus from Wawa to McCarter: June 16 only

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(from left) Patrick James as Senex, Michael Caizzi as Pseudolus, Michael Bartkiewicz as Hysterium, Jordan Bunshaft as Lycus (photo by Jessi Franko Designs LLC)
12Jun

“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” reviews starting to come in …

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11Jun

Ticket Watch: What’s sold out?

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09Jun

Piano Competition Finalists

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08Jun

SEATS ADDED FOR THE MUSICAL!

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Yulia Lysenko
18May

Opera Metro interviews Yulia Lysenko, our Cio-Cio-San

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09May

Explore the wine and food of Southern Italy!

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Piano keys
06May

Piano Competition registration NOW CLOSED

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01May

Mark your calendars for WWFM broadcasts of 2017 Concerts – 5/20, 5/25, 6/8 & 6/15

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2018 REVIEWS

Madama Butterfly

“Beautiful production and a pleasure all around.” – Paula Fishman on Facebook

“A very moving and beautiful production … amazing young lyric tenor, Matthew White … a voice to follow, friends – an old school Tenor sound with American Idol looks” –@premiereoperainternational on Instagram

“Magnificent performance …. Yulia Lysenko was outstanding.” –Randy Larrimore on Facebook

 

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

“Fantastic; incredible; amazing; marvelous; wonderful; couldn’t have been better!” –Patron Sydney Taggart after opening night 6/10/18

“… a wild, tuneful, stripped-down ‘Forum’ … simultaneously slapdash, as it must be, and tight. Caizzi and company honor the book with slapstick most frenetic.” –John Timpane, Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/12/18

“All of [Director Michael Dean] Morgan’s players do their jobs efficiently and amusingly. One does more … Michael Bartkiewicz’s intelligent performance makes the most of every opportunity and nuance.” –Neal Zoren, U.S. 1, 6/13/18

“The casting … merits the highest praise…. This performance moved at lightning speed and had my attention gripped tight right from the opening number.” –Toby Grace, Out In Jersey, 6/18/18

 

Concordia Chamber Players

“Concordia Chamber Players open Princeton Festival with musical finesse” –Nancy Plum, Town Topics, 6/13/17

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