This event is in the past.It took place on August 2, 2026 at Fisher Center at Bard.
Opera
OperaAnnandale-On-Hudson, Bard College
🏛️"looks like the 'Bilbao Guggenheim' transported to the Hudson River valley"
🎭"unjustly forgotten opera, at least outside the Czech Republic"
🎵Leon Botstein conducting
Frank Gehry's shimmering titanium walls house something rare: a Smetana opera rescued from obscurity. Dalibor brings sweeping Czech melodies and expressionist visuals to a hall with acoustics worthy of Bayreuth.
Frank Gehry architecture
Revived Czech opera
Leon Botstein conducts
Expressionist staging
OperaOperaAnnandale-On-Hudson, Bard College
🏛️"looks like the 'Bilbao Guggenheim' transported to the Hudson River valley"
🎭"unjustly forgotten opera, at least outside the Czech Republic"
🎵Leon Botstein conducting
Frank Gehry's shimmering titanium walls house something rare: a Smetana opera rescued from obscurity. Dalibor brings sweeping Czech melodies and expressionist visuals to a hall with acoustics worthy of Bayreuth.
Frank Gehry architecture
Revived Czech opera
Leon Botstein conducts
Expressionist staging