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Bard SummerScape and the Bard Music Festival present
“Prokofiev and His World”
July 4 – August 17, 2008
Pre-Sale for Friends of the Fisher Center and Subscribers begins
February 11, 2008 at 10 am
General Ticket Sales begin
February 24, 2008 at 10 am
"A festival that is part boot camp for the brain, part spa for the spirit." —New York Times
CONTEXT. CONNECTION. REVELATION.
Art doesn't happen in a vacuum; it unfolds in relation to artists, audiences, and other works.
At Bard SummerScape, you'll see how a symphony unlocks a play, which spins off from a ballet, mutates into an opera, is transformed into a movie|a medley of expressions that ultimately leads to a revelation of art's ability to continually build upon itself, extending its reach into new realms. Each summer, this acclaimed series covers a range of disciplines constellated around one composer in the famed Bard Music Festival. Housed in architect Frank Gehry's astonishing Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, SummerScape embraces the full spectrum: music, dance, opera, theater, and film.
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 This year, the 19th annual Bard Music Festival explores "Prokofiev and His World," with concerts and symposia dedicated to one of Russia's greatest modern composers. Leon Botstein leads the American Symphony Orchestra and top international musicians in piano, chamber, and orchestral works by Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, and others.
Weekend One: From East to West
Weekend Two: The Faustian Pact
Weekend Three: Prokofiev in America and Russia
August 8-10, August 15-17, and October 24-25
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 The centerpiece of the festival is a double bill of two works by Karol Szymanowski: his romantic opera King Roger (The Shepherd) and his operatic dance Harnasie.
Music by
Karol Szymanowski
Directed
and Designed by Lech Majewski
Choreographed
by Noémie Lafrance
American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein,
music director
Wroclaw Opera Chorus
SummerScape
Festival Children's Chorus
July 25, 31, 27 and August 2-3
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Equally thrilling is the world premiere of Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare, in the version that the composer originally intended, never before performed on any stage. Contemporary-dance icon Mark Morris choreographs, marking his SummerScape debut.
Mark Morris Dance Group
American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Music by Sergey Prokofiev
Scenario by Sergey Prokofiev and Sergey Radlov
July 4, 5, 6, 8, 9
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 Director
Erica Schmidt (of last season's The Sorcerer)
returns to direct Anton Chekhov's 1899 melancholy comedy
Uncle
Vanya, starring Peter Dinklage in the title
role.
Directed by Erica Schmidt
Translated by Paul Schmidt
Mark Wendland, set designer
Michelle R. Phillips, costume designer
David Weiner, lighting designer
With Peter
Dinklage as Uncle Vanya
July 9, 10, 11, 12, 30 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20
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 Broadway fans and Beltway pundits should cast their votes for Of Thee I Sing. The 1931 political satire with songs by George and Ira Gershwin makes tuneful mockery of campaigning and presidential platforms.
Music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind
Conducted by James Bagwell
Directed and choreographed by Will Pomerantz
Louisa Thompson, set designer
Carol Bailey, costume designer
Justin Townsend, lighting designer
August 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, and 10
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 Our classic film festival explores the cinema of Prokofiev's times: 1930s social satires by Jean Renoir, jazzy Hollywood musicals of the same period, and the composer's collaborations with legendary Soviet auteur Sergei Eisenstein.
Films include:
Ménilmontant
Brumes d’automne (Autumn Mists)
Partie de campagne (Day in the Country)
Boudu sauvé des eaux (Boudu Saved from Drowning)
Gold Diggers of 1933
42nd Street
They Won’t Forget
Theodora Goes Wild
Midnight
Remember the Night
La Regle du jeu (Rules of the Game)
Alexander Nevsky
Ivan the Terrible, Parts I and II
July 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 24, 26, 27, 31 and August 3, 7, 9, 10, 14
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 And then there's the enchanting Spiegeltent for drinks, dinner, and late-night entertainment, plus afternoon family programs, including an updated version of Peter and the Wolf.
Featuring:
SummerScape Opening Night Gala
Peter and the Wolf
Mind on Trial (a musical reading)
Trapèze
Radio Archaeology
Wau Wau Sisters
08/08 New
Albion Festival
July 5 – August 17
Saturday and Sunday afternoons and Friday and Saturday nights
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The Bard SummerScape Festival is made possible through the generous support of the Advisory Boards of the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts and the Bard Music Festival, and the Friends of the Fisher Center.
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