This event is in the past.It took place on July 31, 2026 at Fisher Center at Bard.
Opera
OperaAnnandale-On-Hudson, Bard College
🏛️"Bard has become a haven for important operas" (The New York Times)
🎭Christian Räth's fourth visionary SummerScape production
🏗️Stunning Frank Gehry architecture inside and out
Strauss's seldom-staged opera reimagines the Helen myth as a psychological drama of doubling: phantom and real, fame and identity, watched over by sorceress Aithra. The story unfolds through lush orchestration and visionary staging that transforms myth into a prism of fantasy and self-creation.
Rare Strauss opera
Myth reimagined
Psychological drama
SummerScape tradition
OperaOperaAnnandale-On-Hudson, Bard College
🏛️"Bard has become a haven for important operas" (The New York Times)
🎭Christian Räth's fourth visionary SummerScape production
🏗️Stunning Frank Gehry architecture inside and out
Strauss's seldom-staged opera reimagines the Helen myth as a psychological drama of doubling: phantom and real, fame and identity, watched over by sorceress Aithra. The story unfolds through lush orchestration and visionary staging that transforms myth into a prism of fantasy and self-creation.
Rare Strauss opera
Myth reimagined
Psychological drama
SummerScape tradition