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Tickets: $60 (inner ring table); $50 (outer ring table);
$40 (booth); $30 (standing room)
(18+ unless accompanied by an adult)
Limited table availability, standing room available. Please call the Box Office for more information. 845-758-7900.
“Like hanging out with a hip and funny friend who never fails to lift you up with her outrageous freedom.”—Los Angeles Times
The utterly original comic, singer, and writer Sandra Bernhard opens the 2013 Spiegeltent season with her raucous mix of political satire, pop culture commentary, and cabaret. Backed by a live band, Bernhard’s performances are a thrilling hybrid of stand-up comedy and rock ’n’ roll. “Give the dame her due,” writes the New York Times. “It’s invigorating to be in the presence of a true original.”
Click here to visit Sandra Bernhard's website.
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
post-performance disscusion with the artists
Tickets: $25, 40, 45, 55
Conceived, directed, and choreographed by Anne Bogart ’74, Bill T. Jones, and Janet Wong
James Schuette, costume designer
Robert Wierzel, lighting designer
SummerScape co-commission
The 1913 premiere of Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring created an uproar whose repercussions changed the course of dance and music in the 20th century. A hundred years later, two titans of the American performing arts have joined forces to create a thrilling new dance-theater performance that celebrates that legendary opening night.
A Rite is a collaboration between choreographer Bill T. Jones (a resident artist at Bard) and director Anne Bogart (a Bard alumna). Their respective companies of dancers and actors have come together to develop a contemporary response to Stravinsky’s masterpiece. A Rite explores the revolutionary context of The Rite of Spring, which premiered months before the outbreak of the First World War, and at the dawn of Cubism, Einstein’s theory of relativity, and Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.
Bogart and Jones have woven a new libretto drawn from sources including the writings of physicist Brian Greene, the diaries of war veterans, and Stravinsky’s score. Visually stunning and exploding with life, A Rite is a meditation on aspects of time: the time of the cosmos, the time of a human life, time expressed in music and dance. A unique opportunity to see two legendary artists at work together.
Running time for this performance is approximately 65 minutes without intermission.
Tickets: $35 (inner ring table); $30 (outer ring table);
$25 (booth); $20 (standing room)
(18+ unless accompanied by an adult)
“Justin Vivian Bond is a transatlantic cabaret messiah”—Time Out London
Tony-nominated cabaret star Justin Vivian Bond returns to the Spiegeltent to offer a unique take on the American experience through the lens of a Miss America pageant. As the singular finalist in a highly unusual contest, Mx Bond expects to be judged in such categories as presentation, economic status, mental health, family values, and talent all while creating an elegantly formidable evening of beauty and delight.
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
2 pm: Pre-performance conversation
Tickets: $25, 40, 45, 55
Conceived, directed, and choreographed by Anne Bogart ’74, Bill T. Jones, and Janet Wong
James Schuette, costume designer
Robert Wierzel, lighting designer
SummerScape co-commission
The 1913 premiere of Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring created an uproar whose repercussions changed the course of dance and music in the 20th century. A hundred years later, two titans of the American performing arts have joined forces to create a thrilling new dance-theater performance that celebrates that legendary opening night.
A Rite is a collaboration between choreographer Bill T. Jones (a resident artist at Bard) and director Anne Bogart (a Bard alumna). Their respective companies of dancers and actors have come together to develop a contemporary response to Stravinsky’s masterpiece. A Rite explores the revolutionary context of The Rite of Spring, which premiered months before the outbreak of the First World War, and at the dawn of Cubism, Einstein’s theory of relativity, and Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.
Bogart and Jones have woven a new libretto drawn from sources including the writings of physicist Brian Greene, the diaries of war veterans, and Stravinsky’s score. Visually stunning and exploding with life, A Rite is a meditation on aspects of time: the time of the cosmos, the time of a human life, time expressed in music and dance. A unique opportunity to see two legendary artists at work together.
Running time for this performance is approximately 65 minutes without intermission.
Preview
Tickets: $30
Limited seating available. Please call the Box Office for more information. 845-758-7900.
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
Tickets: $20
This Hudson- and Brooklyn-based duo creates gorgeous electric rock anthems with their homemade instruments, including the “buke” (an electrified six-string baritone ukulele) and the “gase” (a guitar-bass hybrid). Joined in this special concert by Arcade Fire’s violinist Sarah Neufeld.
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Tickets: $12
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948, UK, 132 minutes
One of the great color films, The Red Shoes is adapted from a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale and takes the Ballets Russes as a model for total commitment to art (Diaghilev’s pupil Léonide Massine helped to choreograph the central dance sequence). 35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Preservation funding provided by The Film Foundation and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Preview
Tickets: $30
Limited seating available. Please call the Box Office for more information. 845-758-7900.
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
Tickets: $35 (inner ring table); $30 (outer ring table);
$25 (booth); $20 (standing room)
“The most foot-stomping, raucous jazz band in the world.”—The Music Playground
The Wall Street Journal calls the Hot Sardines “high-energy traditional jazz with a Parisian accent.” The collective, including a blustery brass lineup and a just-one-of-the-boys front-woman, creates music reminiscent of wartime Paris via New Orleans: a sound steeped in hot jazz, salty stride piano, and the kind of music Louis Armstrong used to make. This is straight-up, foot-stomping jazz from a near-century ago that stays resolutely in step with the current age.
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Tickets: $12
The Lion of the Moguls
Le lion des Mogols, Jean Epstein, 1924, France, 93 minutes
The most reflexive of the émigré films, The Lion of the Moguls is also one of the most fascinating – a comic gem demonstrating the wide-ranging talent of the Russian colony in Paris. The new, color-tinted Desmet 35mm print was restored by La Cinémathèque française with the collaboration of the Franco-American Cultural Fund - DGA MPA SACEM WGA.
This screening will include live piano accompaniment by Ben Model and will preceded by a lecture by series curator Richard Suchenski.
Tickets: $12
Alexandre Volkoff, 1927, France, 132 minutes
A visually lush superproduction starring Ivan Mozzhukhin and directed by one of the most important Russian émigré filmmakers, Casanova blends witty gags with epic scope and is as remarkable for its stylistic exuberance as its elaborate sets. The color-tinted print was restored by the Cinémathèque française.
Tickets: $45
Limited seating available. Please call the Box Office for more information. 845-758-7900.
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
Tickets: $35 (inner ring table); $30 (outer ring table);
$25 (booth); $20 (standing room)
EVIYAN is a new trio that joins three world-class musicians in an intimate, acoustic blend of world root, jazz, rock, and cabaret. Vocalist/violinist Iva Bittová draws on the sounds of her native Moravia and the rich traditions of the Roma people; clarinetist and composer Evan Ziporyn, a founder of the Bang on a Can All-Stars, studied with Balinese gamelan masters and collaborated with virtuoso musicians from around the world; guitarist Gyan Riley combines the virtuosity of classical guitar and Hindustani music with the deftness of jazz and the grit of rock ’n’ roll. These eclectic, genre-crossing musicians together create a soundtrack for the 21st-century global village.
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Tickets: $12
Double Love
Le double amour, Jean Epstein, 1925, France, 104 minutes
L'or des mers
Jean Epstein, 1932, France, 72 minutes
This special presentation of two rare films by the same director offers a chance to explore the options available to ambitious filmmakers in this period. Both prints were restored by La Cinémathèque française. The new tinted Desmet 35mm print of Double Love was restored with the collaboration of The Franco-American Cultural Fund - DGA MPA SACEM WGA.
Tickets: $45
Limited seating available. Please call the Box Office for more information. 845-758-7900.
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
Tickets: $45
Limited seating available. Please call the Box Office for more information. 845-758-7900.
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
Tickets: $45
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
Tickets: $20
“The Hungry March Band is a mix of quirkiness and tradition.”—New York Times
Hungry March Band blares forth with a totally original sound that digests music from wherever brass bands are heard—the Balkans, India, New Orleans, Latin America—and combines it with big band, free jazz, and punk rock. Put on your dancing shoes, because they’ve got a party going on!
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Ticket: $12
The Burning Brazier
Le brasier ardent, Ivan Mozzhukhin, 1923, France, 97 minutes
Passing Shadows
Les ombres qui passent, Alexandre Volkoff, 1924, France, 60 minutes
Both with live piano accompaniment by Ben Model
The film that allegedly convinced Jean Renoir to direct, The Burning Brazier demonstrates Ivan Mozzhukhin’s flamboyant eccentricity at its finest. Mozzhukhin also wrote Passing Shadows, a comic masterwork inspired by Chaplin and Keaton. This is the North American premiere screening of new, color-tinted restorations by the Cinémathèque française.
Tickets: $45
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
Tickets: $35 (inner ring table); $30 (outer ring table);
$25 (booth); $20 (standing room)
“When he sings, he brings the taste, attitude and high style of a great art-song interpreter to the stage along with a self-mocking sense of humor.”—New York Times
Spiegeltent aficionados will remember the legendary cabaret artist John Kelly from his Joni Mitchell tribute Paved Paradise, and for his astonishing three-octave vocal range. John returns to the Spiegeltent to perform Rebel Songs of a Range Queen, featuring music by Kurt Weill, Charles Aznavour, The Incredible String Band, Mister Bungle, Jacques Brel, Holcombe Waller, and The Shins.
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Tickets: $12
Feu Mathias Pascal, Marcel L’Herbier, 1926, France, 175 minutes
The Late Mathias Pascal is an utterly unique synthesis of Ivan Mozzhukhin’s mercurial acting, Marcel L’Herbier’s cool elegance, and the labyrinthine structure of Luigi Pirandello’s source novel about a man who pretends he is dead. This is the North American premiere screening of a new, color-tinted restoration by the Cinémathèque française.
Tickets: $45
Limited seating available. Please call the Box Office for more information. 845-758-7900.
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
Tickets: $12
Les bas-fonds, Jean Renoir, 1936, France, 90 minutes
In the last major Albatros production and one of the key films of the Popular Front, Jean Renoir continues his reinvention of theatrical adaptation, using Maxim Gorky’s classic play and a charismatic performance by Jean Gabin to create “a realistic poem on the loss of human dignity.”
Tickets: $45
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Tickets: $12
The Living Image
Le vertige, Marcel L’Herbier, 1926, France, 118 minutes, with live piano accompaniment by Ben Model
Marcel L’Herbier traces the journey of a Russian family from Petrograd to Nice, expressing the emotions of the story through sets and costumes designed in collaboration with Robert Mallet-Stevens and Robert and Sonia Delaunay. The 35mm print was restored by the Archives françaises du film du CNC, Bois d’Arcy.
Tickets: $45
Limited seating available. Please call the Box Office for more information. 845-758-7900.
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
Tickets: $12
Les nouveaux messieurs, Jacques Feyder, 1929, France, 123 minutes, with live piano accompaniment by Ben Model
Jacques Feyder’s satirical treatment of Third Republic politics is distinguished for its location footage in Paris as well as its comic verve. This is the North American premiere screening of a new restoration by the Cinémathèque française.
Tickets: $20
“Re-creates the kind of vibrant vintage funk that sends crate-digging DJs into spasms of joy.”—Time Out New York
Ikebe Shakedown delivers a driving set of tunes featuring signature Afrobeat elements. The band’s mighty horn section is anchored by tight, deep-pocketed grooves. Okayplayer called their debut album “an adventurous trip through time” and “one of the best releases of the year.”
Tickets: $12
L’inhumaine
Marcel L’Herbier, 1924, France, 132 minutes, with live piano accompaniment by Ben Model
One of the signature films of the silent era, the quintessentially modern L’inhumaine restages the riotous premiere of Stravinsky’s Le sacre du printemps and connects Symbolist aestheticism to Art Deco design. The 35mm print was restored by the Archives françaises du film du CNC, Bois d’Arcy.
Tickets: $30, 60, 70, 90
Opera Talk with Leon Botstein
Sosnoff Theater, July 28 at 1 pm
American Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger
Madeleine Boyd, set designer
Mattie Ullrich, costume designer
JAX Messenger, lighting designer
Sergey Taneyev (1856–1915) defied tradition when he composed his musical trilogy Oresteia. Rather than calling upon Russian history or folk tales, as most Russian operas had to that point, Taneyev looked to Greek antiquity, basing the libretto on Aeschylus’ powerful trilogy—Agamemnon, Choephorae, and Eumenides—which chronicles the calamities that befell the accursed House of Atreus.
This production at the Fisher Center is the first time this towering work has been staged in its entirety outside of Russia since its premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1895. Sung in the original Russian, Oresteia is directed by Thaddeus Strassberger, who returns to SummerScape after his acclaimed productions in previous seasons of Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots, Franz Schreker’s Der ferne Klang, and Emmanuel Chabrier’s Le roi malgré lui.
Special support for this program is provided by Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander.
Reserve the best seats in the house and special parking for all your Fisher Center performances through premium seating. Call 845-758-7948 for these special seats and benefits.
Tickets: $35 (inner ring table); $30 (outer ring table);
$25 (booth); $20 (standing room)
(18+ unless accompanied by an adult)
“Taylor Mac seduces you, breaks your heart, patches it back up again and sews sequins along the scars.”—Irish Times
Obie-winning playwright, actor, and singer-songwriter Taylor Mac returns to the Spiegeltent with a chapter of his most ambitious performance yet. Over the next two years Taylor will sing 24 concerts, each celebrating a decade of popular music, ultimately stitching all 24 concerts together in a marathon extravaganza. For this show, Taylor and his band will premiere his concert of the glorious music and culture of the 1920s—a one-of-a-kind experience that includes a mash-up of surrealism, Ulysses, flappers, and women’s suffrage.
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Tickets: $12
Rapt
Dimitri Kirsanoff, 1934, 86 minutes, France/Switzerland
Autumn Mists
Brumes d’automne, Dimitri Kirsanoff, 1928, France, 12 minutes
Chanson d’Armor
Jean Epstein, 1934, France, 38 minutes
The first adaptation of a novel by Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, who wrote the libretto for Stravinsky’s Histoire du soldat, Rapt features a nuanced performance by Dita Parlo and makes extraordinary use of mountain landscapes, contrapuntal sound, and an original score by Arthur Honegger.
The 35mm prints are courtesy of La Cinémathèque française and La Cinémathèque suisse, with kind support from the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York.
Tickets: $12
The Truth
La vérité, Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1960, France/Italy, 130 minutes
Altair
Lewis Klahr, 1994, USA, 8 minutes, 16mm
In Henri-Georges Clouzot’s response to the French New Wave, Brigitte Bardot’s relationship with a young composer is linked to Stravinsky’s The Firebird, the same piece used in Lewis Klahr’s experimental short Altair.
Tickets: $35 (inner ring table); $30 (outer ring table);
$25 (booth); $20 (standing room)
“[A] beautifully careful, creative, empathetic reinterpretation of the great Kate’s music”— NPR
Grammy-nominated vocalist Theo Bleckmann makes his Spiegeltent debut with Hello Earth!, a journey into the mysterious songbook of British pop recluse and cult hero Kate Bush, who first won acclaim at age 18 with her 1978 hit Wuthering Heights. Noted for her cerebral lyrics, melding of musical genres, and lush instrumental arrangements, Bush is a forerunner to artists such as Björk and Joanna Newsom. Far more than simply re-creating Bush’s music, Bleckmann transports it to other realms with his astonishingly agile voice and distinctive vision. One of the most revered singers of his generation, Bleckmann creates a new interpretation that is accessibly sophisticated, unsentimentally emotional, and seriously playful.
Tickets: $12
Jean-Luc Godard, 1965, France/Italy, 110 minutes
Jean-Luc Godard’s classic exploration of love on the run—starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina—can be compared, in both its formal ingenuity and emotional range, to Stravinsky’s treatment of
mythological themes.
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Tickets: $30, 60, 70, 90
Opera Talk with Leon Botstein
Sosnoff Theater, July 28 at 1 pm
American Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger
Madeleine Boyd, set designer
Mattie Ullrich, costume designer
JAX Messenger, lighting designer
Sergey Taneyev (1856–1915) defied tradition when he composed his musical trilogy Oresteia. Rather than calling upon Russian history or folk tales, as most Russian operas had to that point, Taneyev looked to Greek antiquity, basing the libretto on Aeschylus’ powerful trilogy—Agamemnon, Choephorae, and Eumenides—which chronicles the calamities that befell the accursed House of Atreus.
This production at the Fisher Center is the first time this towering work has been staged in its entirety outside of Russia since its premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1895. Sung in the original Russian, Oresteia is directed by Thaddeus Strassberger, who returns to SummerScape after his acclaimed productions in previous seasons of Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots, Franz Schreker’s Der ferne Klang, and Emmanuel Chabrier’s Le roi malgré lui.
Special support for this program is provided by Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander.
Reserve the best seats in the house and special parking for all your Fisher Center performances through premium seating. Call 845-758-7948 for these special seats and benefits.
Tickets: $20
Doors at 5 pm
Dance instruction at 5:30 pm
Live band at 6:30 pm
Band ends at 9 pm
Venue closes at 10 pm
Back by popular demand for a second year, Albany-based dancers Diane Lachtrupp and Johnny Martinez bring big-sound Latin band Sensemaya for an evening of fast and furious live music and Latin and salsa dancing
Taking Cuban and Puerto Rican rhythms as a starting point, Sensemaya fuses hot Latin dance rhythms with the cool sophistication of jazz improvisation. Their repertoire includes “funkified” interpretations of classic salsa and originals written in the revolutionary timba style of Cuba. Their own uniquely fresh Latin jazz compositions include a variety of styles from Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Brazil and the Dominican Republic that always have audiences jumping out of their seats and onto the dance floor.
Click here for Diane Lachtrupp and Johnny Martinez’s website.
Click here to visit Sensemaya’s website.
Tickets: $30, 60, 70, 90
Opera Talk with Leon Botstein
Sosnoff Theater, July 28 at 1 pm
American Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger
Madeleine Boyd, set designer
Mattie Ullrich, costume designer
JAX Messenger, lighting designer
Sergey Taneyev (1856–1915) defied tradition when he composed his musical trilogy Oresteia. Rather than calling upon Russian history or folk tales, as most Russian operas had to that point, Taneyev looked to Greek antiquity, basing the libretto on Aeschylus’ powerful trilogy—Agamemnon, Choephorae, and Eumenides—which chronicles the calamities that befell the accursed House of Atreus.
This production at the Fisher Center is the first time this towering work has been staged in its entirety outside of Russia since its premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1895. Sung in the original Russian, Oresteia is directed by Thaddeus Strassberger, who returns to SummerScape after his acclaimed productions in previous seasons of Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots, Franz Schreker’s Der ferne Klang, and Emmanuel Chabrier’s Le roi malgré lui.
Special support for this program is provided by Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander.
Reserve the best seats in the house and special parking for all your Fisher Center performances through premium seating. Call 845-758-7948 for these special seats and benefits.
Sandra Bernhard
Friday, July 5, 2013
Tickets: $60 (inner ring table); $50 (outer ring table);
$40 (booth); $30 (standing room)
(18+ unless accompanied by an adult)
Limited table availability, standing room available. Please call the Box Office for more information. 845-758-7900.
“Like hanging out with a hip and funny friend who never fails to lift you up with her outrageous freedom.”—Los Angeles Times
The utterly original comic, singer, and writer Sandra Bernhard opens the 2013 Spiegeltent season with her raucous mix of political satire, pop culture commentary, and cabaret. Backed by a live band, Bernhard’s performances are a thrilling hybrid of stand-up comedy and rock ’n’ roll. “Give the dame her due,” writes the New York Times. “It’s invigorating to be in the presence of a true original.”
Click here to visit Sandra Bernhard's website.
Save this event: After Hours at the Spiegeltent
Friday, July 5, 2013
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and SITI Company
A Rite
Saturday, July 6, 2013
post-performance disscusion with the artists
Tickets: $25, 40, 45, 55
Conceived, directed, and choreographed by Anne Bogart ’74, Bill T. Jones, and Janet Wong
James Schuette, costume designer
Robert Wierzel, lighting designer
SummerScape co-commission
The 1913 premiere of Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring created an uproar whose repercussions changed the course of dance and music in the 20th century. A hundred years later, two titans of the American performing arts have joined forces to create a thrilling new dance-theater performance that celebrates that legendary opening night.
A Rite is a collaboration between choreographer Bill T. Jones (a resident artist at Bard) and director Anne Bogart (a Bard alumna). Their respective companies of dancers and actors have come together to develop a contemporary response to Stravinsky’s masterpiece. A Rite explores the revolutionary context of The Rite of Spring, which premiered months before the outbreak of the First World War, and at the dawn of Cubism, Einstein’s theory of relativity, and Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.
Bogart and Jones have woven a new libretto drawn from sources including the writings of physicist Brian Greene, the diaries of war veterans, and Stravinsky’s score. Visually stunning and exploding with life, A Rite is a meditation on aspects of time: the time of the cosmos, the time of a human life, time expressed in music and dance. A unique opportunity to see two legendary artists at work together.
Running time for this performance is approximately 65 minutes without intermission.
Justin Vivian Bond Is Mx America
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Tickets: $35 (inner ring table); $30 (outer ring table);
$25 (booth); $20 (standing room)
(18+ unless accompanied by an adult)
“Justin Vivian Bond is a transatlantic cabaret messiah”—Time Out London
Tony-nominated cabaret star Justin Vivian Bond returns to the Spiegeltent to offer a unique take on the American experience through the lens of a Miss America pageant. As the singular finalist in a highly unusual contest, Mx Bond expects to be judged in such categories as presentation, economic status, mental health, family values, and talent all while creating an elegantly formidable evening of beauty and delight.
After Hours at the Spiegeltent
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and SITI Company
A Rite
Sunday, July 7, 2013
2 pm: Pre-performance conversation
Tickets: $25, 40, 45, 55
Conceived, directed, and choreographed by Anne Bogart ’74, Bill T. Jones, and Janet Wong
James Schuette, costume designer
Robert Wierzel, lighting designer
SummerScape co-commission
The 1913 premiere of Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring created an uproar whose repercussions changed the course of dance and music in the 20th century. A hundred years later, two titans of the American performing arts have joined forces to create a thrilling new dance-theater performance that celebrates that legendary opening night.
A Rite is a collaboration between choreographer Bill T. Jones (a resident artist at Bard) and director Anne Bogart (a Bard alumna). Their respective companies of dancers and actors have come together to develop a contemporary response to Stravinsky’s masterpiece. A Rite explores the revolutionary context of The Rite of Spring, which premiered months before the outbreak of the First World War, and at the dawn of Cubism, Einstein’s theory of relativity, and Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.
Bogart and Jones have woven a new libretto drawn from sources including the writings of physicist Brian Greene, the diaries of war veterans, and Stravinsky’s score. Visually stunning and exploding with life, A Rite is a meditation on aspects of time: the time of the cosmos, the time of a human life, time expressed in music and dance. A unique opportunity to see two legendary artists at work together.
Running time for this performance is approximately 65 minutes without intermission.
The Master and Margarita
World Premiere Adaptation
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Preview
Tickets: $30
Limited seating available. Please call the Box Office for more information. 845-758-7900.
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
Buke and Gase with Special Guest Sarah Neufeld from Arcade Fire
New Sounds in Indie Rock
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Tickets: $20
This Hudson- and Brooklyn-based duo creates gorgeous electric rock anthems with their homemade instruments, including the “buke” (an electrified six-string baritone ukulele) and the “gase” (a guitar-bass hybrid). Joined in this special concert by Arcade Fire’s violinist Sarah Neufeld.
After Hours at the Spiegeltent
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Film: The Red Shoes
Friday, July 12, 2013
Tickets: $12
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948, UK, 132 minutes
One of the great color films, The Red Shoes is adapted from a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale and takes the Ballets Russes as a model for total commitment to art (Diaghilev’s pupil Léonide Massine helped to choreograph the central dance sequence). 35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Preservation funding provided by The Film Foundation and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
The Master and Margarita
World Premiere Adaptation
Friday, July 12, 2013
Preview
Tickets: $30
Limited seating available. Please call the Box Office for more information. 845-758-7900.
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
The Hot Sardines
Jazz of 1920s Paris
Friday, July 12, 2013
Tickets: $35 (inner ring table); $30 (outer ring table);
$25 (booth); $20 (standing room)
“The most foot-stomping, raucous jazz band in the world.”—The Music Playground
The Wall Street Journal calls the Hot Sardines “high-energy traditional jazz with a Parisian accent.” The collective, including a blustery brass lineup and a just-one-of-the-boys front-woman, creates music reminiscent of wartime Paris via New Orleans: a sound steeped in hot jazz, salty stride piano, and the kind of music Louis Armstrong used to make. This is straight-up, foot-stomping jazz from a near-century ago that stays resolutely in step with the current age.
After Hours at the Spiegeltent
Friday, July 12, 2013
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Film: The Lion of the Moguls
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Tickets: $12
The Lion of the Moguls
Le lion des Mogols, Jean Epstein, 1924, France, 93 minutes
The most reflexive of the émigré films, The Lion of the Moguls is also one of the most fascinating – a comic gem demonstrating the wide-ranging talent of the Russian colony in Paris. The new, color-tinted Desmet 35mm print was restored by La Cinémathèque française with the collaboration of the Franco-American Cultural Fund - DGA MPA SACEM WGA.
This screening will include live piano accompaniment by Ben Model and will preceded by a lecture by series curator Richard Suchenski.
Film: Casanova
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Tickets: $12
Alexandre Volkoff, 1927, France, 132 minutes
A visually lush superproduction starring Ivan Mozzhukhin and directed by one of the most important Russian émigré filmmakers, Casanova blends witty gags with epic scope and is as remarkable for its stylistic exuberance as its elaborate sets. The color-tinted print was restored by the Cinémathèque française.
The Master and Margarita
World Premiere Adaptation
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Tickets: $45
Limited seating available. Please call the Box Office for more information. 845-758-7900.
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
EVIYAN
Iva Bittová, Evan Ziporyn, Gyan Riley
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Tickets: $35 (inner ring table); $30 (outer ring table);
$25 (booth); $20 (standing room)
EVIYAN is a new trio that joins three world-class musicians in an intimate, acoustic blend of world root, jazz, rock, and cabaret. Vocalist/violinist Iva Bittová draws on the sounds of her native Moravia and the rich traditions of the Roma people; clarinetist and composer Evan Ziporyn, a founder of the Bang on a Can All-Stars, studied with Balinese gamelan masters and collaborated with virtuoso musicians from around the world; guitarist Gyan Riley combines the virtuosity of classical guitar and Hindustani music with the deftness of jazz and the grit of rock ’n’ roll. These eclectic, genre-crossing musicians together create a soundtrack for the 21st-century global village.
After Hours at the Spiegeltent
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Film: Double Love and L’or des mers
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Tickets: $12
Double Love
Le double amour, Jean Epstein, 1925, France, 104 minutes
L'or des mers
Jean Epstein, 1932, France, 72 minutes
This special presentation of two rare films by the same director offers a chance to explore the options available to ambitious filmmakers in this period. Both prints were restored by La Cinémathèque française. The new tinted Desmet 35mm print of Double Love was restored with the collaboration of The Franco-American Cultural Fund - DGA MPA SACEM WGA.
The Master and Margarita
World Premiere Adaptation
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Tickets: $45
Limited seating available. Please call the Box Office for more information. 845-758-7900.
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
The Master and Margarita
World Premiere Adaptation
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Tickets: $45
Limited seating available. Please call the Box Office for more information. 845-758-7900.
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
The Master and Margarita
World Premiere Adaptation
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Tickets: $45
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
Hungry March Band
Anarchist Brass Band
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Tickets: $20
“The Hungry March Band is a mix of quirkiness and tradition.”—New York Times
Hungry March Band blares forth with a totally original sound that digests music from wherever brass bands are heard—the Balkans, India, New Orleans, Latin America—and combines it with big band, free jazz, and punk rock. Put on your dancing shoes, because they’ve got a party going on!
After Hours at the Spiegeltent
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Film: The Burning Brazier and Passing Shadows
Friday, July 19, 2013
Ticket: $12
The Burning Brazier
Le brasier ardent, Ivan Mozzhukhin, 1923, France, 97 minutes
Passing Shadows
Les ombres qui passent, Alexandre Volkoff, 1924, France, 60 minutes
Both with live piano accompaniment by Ben Model
The film that allegedly convinced Jean Renoir to direct, The Burning Brazier demonstrates Ivan Mozzhukhin’s flamboyant eccentricity at its finest. Mozzhukhin also wrote Passing Shadows, a comic masterwork inspired by Chaplin and Keaton. This is the North American premiere screening of new, color-tinted restorations by the Cinémathèque française.
The Master and Margarita
World Premiere Adaptation
Friday, July 19, 2013
Tickets: $45
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
John Kelly: Rebel Songs
Friday, July 19, 2013
Tickets: $35 (inner ring table); $30 (outer ring table);
$25 (booth); $20 (standing room)
“When he sings, he brings the taste, attitude and high style of a great art-song interpreter to the stage along with a self-mocking sense of humor.”—New York Times
Spiegeltent aficionados will remember the legendary cabaret artist John Kelly from his Joni Mitchell tribute Paved Paradise, and for his astonishing three-octave vocal range. John returns to the Spiegeltent to perform Rebel Songs of a Range Queen, featuring music by Kurt Weill, Charles Aznavour, The Incredible String Band, Mister Bungle, Jacques Brel, Holcombe Waller, and The Shins.
After Hours at the Spiegeltent
Friday, July 19, 2013
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Film: The Late Mathias Pascal
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Tickets: $12
Feu Mathias Pascal, Marcel L’Herbier, 1926, France, 175 minutes
The Late Mathias Pascal is an utterly unique synthesis of Ivan Mozzhukhin’s mercurial acting, Marcel L’Herbier’s cool elegance, and the labyrinthine structure of Luigi Pirandello’s source novel about a man who pretends he is dead. This is the North American premiere screening of a new, color-tinted restoration by the Cinémathèque française.
The Master and Margarita
World Premiere Adaptation
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Tickets: $45
Limited seating available. Please call the Box Office for more information. 845-758-7900.
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
Film: The Lower Depths
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Tickets: $12
Les bas-fonds, Jean Renoir, 1936, France, 90 minutes
In the last major Albatros production and one of the key films of the Popular Front, Jean Renoir continues his reinvention of theatrical adaptation, using Maxim Gorky’s classic play and a charismatic performance by Jean Gabin to create “a realistic poem on the loss of human dignity.”
The Master and Margarita
World Premiere Adaptation
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Tickets: $45
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
After Hours at the Spiegeltent
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Film: The Living Image
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Tickets: $12
The Living Image
Le vertige, Marcel L’Herbier, 1926, France, 118 minutes, with live piano accompaniment by Ben Model
Marcel L’Herbier traces the journey of a Russian family from Petrograd to Nice, expressing the emotions of the story through sets and costumes designed in collaboration with Robert Mallet-Stevens and Robert and Sonia Delaunay. The 35mm print was restored by the Archives françaises du film du CNC, Bois d’Arcy.
The Master and Margarita
World Premiere Adaptation
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Tickets: $45
Limited seating available. Please call the Box Office for more information. 845-758-7900.
Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester
after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by János Szász
Based on a translation by Andrea Tompa
Produced by Bob Bursey
Doug Elkins, movement
Maruti Evans, set and lighting designer
Oana Botez, costume designer
Ien Denio, sound designer
Jon Carter, hair designer
Judy Bowman, casting director
Taylor Adamik, stage manager
One hot spring evening, a foreign professor appears in Moscow, with a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and a giant talking cat with a taste for vodka. This elegant stranger is none other than the Devil, come to wreak havoc on the city, and to demonstrate to a godless world the truth of good and evil.
What follows is a story of unceasing verve and imagination, a joyous and sometimes terrifying journey that transports us from the alleyways and garrets of Moscow to the stage of a theater, from the deserts of biblical Judea to the glittering splendor of the Devil’s ballroom. And at the still center of this supernatural frenzy stands a pair of lovers: the Master, a writer, and Margarita, who must journey to hell to save him.
A contemporary of Stravinsky, Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita in the 1930s, but its satirical vision of the Soviet Union under Stalin was so acute that the novel was suppressed until 1967. The internationally renowned Hungarian film and theater director János Szász will apply his opulent theatrical vision to this new stage adaptation of Bulgakov’s beloved novel, now justly regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity).
This performance has been underwritten by the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Foundation and has also received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
Film: The New Gentlemen
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Tickets: $12
Les nouveaux messieurs, Jacques Feyder, 1929, France, 123 minutes, with live piano accompaniment by Ben Model
Jacques Feyder’s satirical treatment of Third Republic politics is distinguished for its location footage in Paris as well as its comic verve. This is the North American premiere screening of a new restoration by the Cinémathèque française.
Ikebe Shakedown
Soul, Afro-funk, and deep disco
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Tickets: $20
“Re-creates the kind of vibrant vintage funk that sends crate-digging DJs into spasms of joy.”—Time Out New York
Ikebe Shakedown delivers a driving set of tunes featuring signature Afrobeat elements. The band’s mighty horn section is anchored by tight, deep-pocketed grooves. Okayplayer called their debut album “an adventurous trip through time” and “one of the best releases of the year.”
Film: L'inhumaine
Friday, July 26, 2013
Tickets: $12
L’inhumaine
Marcel L’Herbier, 1924, France, 132 minutes, with live piano accompaniment by Ben Model
One of the signature films of the silent era, the quintessentially modern L’inhumaine restages the riotous premiere of Stravinsky’s Le sacre du printemps and connects Symbolist aestheticism to Art Deco design. The 35mm print was restored by the Archives françaises du film du CNC, Bois d’Arcy.
Oresteia
by Sergey Taneyev
Friday, July 26, 2013
Tickets: $30, 60, 70, 90
Opera Talk with Leon Botstein
Sosnoff Theater, July 28 at 1 pm
American Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger
Madeleine Boyd, set designer
Mattie Ullrich, costume designer
JAX Messenger, lighting designer
Sergey Taneyev (1856–1915) defied tradition when he composed his musical trilogy Oresteia. Rather than calling upon Russian history or folk tales, as most Russian operas had to that point, Taneyev looked to Greek antiquity, basing the libretto on Aeschylus’ powerful trilogy—Agamemnon, Choephorae, and Eumenides—which chronicles the calamities that befell the accursed House of Atreus.
This production at the Fisher Center is the first time this towering work has been staged in its entirety outside of Russia since its premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1895. Sung in the original Russian, Oresteia is directed by Thaddeus Strassberger, who returns to SummerScape after his acclaimed productions in previous seasons of Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots, Franz Schreker’s Der ferne Klang, and Emmanuel Chabrier’s Le roi malgré lui.
Special support for this program is provided by Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander.
Reserve the best seats in the house and special parking for all your Fisher Center performances through premium seating. Call 845-758-7948 for these special seats and benefits.
Taylor Mac Sings the American Songbook (1920s)
World Premiere
Friday, July 26, 2013
Tickets: $35 (inner ring table); $30 (outer ring table);
$25 (booth); $20 (standing room)
(18+ unless accompanied by an adult)
“Taylor Mac seduces you, breaks your heart, patches it back up again and sews sequins along the scars.”—Irish Times
Obie-winning playwright, actor, and singer-songwriter Taylor Mac returns to the Spiegeltent with a chapter of his most ambitious performance yet. Over the next two years Taylor will sing 24 concerts, each celebrating a decade of popular music, ultimately stitching all 24 concerts together in a marathon extravaganza. For this show, Taylor and his band will premiere his concert of the glorious music and culture of the 1920s—a one-of-a-kind experience that includes a mash-up of surrealism, Ulysses, flappers, and women’s suffrage.
After Hours at the Spiegeltent
Friday, July 26, 2013
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Film: Rapt, Autumn Mists, and Chanson d'Armor
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Tickets: $12
Rapt
Dimitri Kirsanoff, 1934, 86 minutes, France/Switzerland
Autumn Mists
Brumes d’automne, Dimitri Kirsanoff, 1928, France, 12 minutes
Chanson d’Armor
Jean Epstein, 1934, France, 38 minutes
The first adaptation of a novel by Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, who wrote the libretto for Stravinsky’s Histoire du soldat, Rapt features a nuanced performance by Dita Parlo and makes extraordinary use of mountain landscapes, contrapuntal sound, and an original score by Arthur Honegger.
The 35mm prints are courtesy of La Cinémathèque française and La Cinémathèque suisse, with kind support from the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York.
Film: The Truth and Altair
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Tickets: $12
The Truth
La vérité, Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1960, France/Italy, 130 minutes
Altair
Lewis Klahr, 1994, USA, 8 minutes, 16mm
In Henri-Georges Clouzot’s response to the French New Wave, Brigitte Bardot’s relationship with a young composer is linked to Stravinsky’s The Firebird, the same piece used in Lewis Klahr’s experimental short Altair.
Theo Bleckmann
Hello Earth! The Music of Kate Bush
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Tickets: $35 (inner ring table); $30 (outer ring table);
$25 (booth); $20 (standing room)
“[A] beautifully careful, creative, empathetic reinterpretation of the great Kate’s music”— NPR
Grammy-nominated vocalist Theo Bleckmann makes his Spiegeltent debut with Hello Earth!, a journey into the mysterious songbook of British pop recluse and cult hero Kate Bush, who first won acclaim at age 18 with her 1978 hit Wuthering Heights. Noted for her cerebral lyrics, melding of musical genres, and lush instrumental arrangements, Bush is a forerunner to artists such as Björk and Joanna Newsom. Far more than simply re-creating Bush’s music, Bleckmann transports it to other realms with his astonishingly agile voice and distinctive vision. One of the most revered singers of his generation, Bleckmann creates a new interpretation that is accessibly sophisticated, unsentimentally emotional, and seriously playful.
Film: Pierrot le fou
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Tickets: $12
Jean-Luc Godard, 1965, France/Italy, 110 minutes
Jean-Luc Godard’s classic exploration of love on the run—starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina—can be compared, in both its formal ingenuity and emotional range, to Stravinsky’s treatment of
mythological themes.
After Hours at the Spiegeltent
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Thursday, July 11 and 18
Fridays and Saturdays, July 5 to August 17
10 pm to 12:30 am
$10 cover, free with same-day ticket to any performance
All-summer access with the $50 After-Hours Pass *
Drinks and after-hours dining available
Late nights at the Spiegeltent are an all-live music affair with our new house band, an eerily elegant and ineffably alluring gang of misfits called The Mayday Kingdom. Host Michael McQuilken (of Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra) welcomes you to a celebration of summer sundown with timeless music from the 1940s to the present. Come rattle your dancing bones to songs made famous by Louis Prima, Nina Simone, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, and many others. Raise a glass in the company of friends, festival artists, and friendly spirits After Hours.
*The After Hours Summer Pass is your ticket to seaon-long access to After Hours at the Spiegeltent with our house band The Mayday Kingdom. Pass holders pay no cover charge for admission to After Hours events. Please note that the Pass is non-transferrable.
Oresteia
by Sergey Taneyev
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Tickets: $30, 60, 70, 90
Opera Talk with Leon Botstein
Sosnoff Theater, July 28 at 1 pm
American Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger
Madeleine Boyd, set designer
Mattie Ullrich, costume designer
JAX Messenger, lighting designer
Sergey Taneyev (1856–1915) defied tradition when he composed his musical trilogy Oresteia. Rather than calling upon Russian history or folk tales, as most Russian operas had to that point, Taneyev looked to Greek antiquity, basing the libretto on Aeschylus’ powerful trilogy—Agamemnon, Choephorae, and Eumenides—which chronicles the calamities that befell the accursed House of Atreus.
This production at the Fisher Center is the first time this towering work has been staged in its entirety outside of Russia since its premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1895. Sung in the original Russian, Oresteia is directed by Thaddeus Strassberger, who returns to SummerScape after his acclaimed productions in previous seasons of Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots, Franz Schreker’s Der ferne Klang, and Emmanuel Chabrier’s Le roi malgré lui.
Special support for this program is provided by Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander.
Reserve the best seats in the house and special parking for all your Fisher Center performances through premium seating. Call 845-758-7948 for these special seats and benefits.
Midsummer Dancing: Salsa
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Tickets: $20
Doors at 5 pm
Dance instruction at 5:30 pm
Live band at 6:30 pm
Band ends at 9 pm
Venue closes at 10 pm
Back by popular demand for a second year, Albany-based dancers Diane Lachtrupp and Johnny Martinez bring big-sound Latin band Sensemaya for an evening of fast and furious live music and Latin and salsa dancing
Taking Cuban and Puerto Rican rhythms as a starting point, Sensemaya fuses hot Latin dance rhythms with the cool sophistication of jazz improvisation. Their repertoire includes “funkified” interpretations of classic salsa and originals written in the revolutionary timba style of Cuba. Their own uniquely fresh Latin jazz compositions include a variety of styles from Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Brazil and the Dominican Republic that always have audiences jumping out of their seats and onto the dance floor.
Click here for Diane Lachtrupp and Johnny Martinez’s website.
Click here to visit Sensemaya’s website.
Oresteia
by Sergey Taneyev
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Tickets: $30, 60, 70, 90
Opera Talk with Leon Botstein
Sosnoff Theater, July 28 at 1 pm
American Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Leon Botstein, music director
Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger
Madeleine Boyd, set designer
Mattie Ullrich, costume designer
JAX Messenger, lighting designer
Sergey Taneyev (1856–1915) defied tradition when he composed his musical trilogy Oresteia. Rather than calling upon Russian history or folk tales, as most Russian operas had to that point, Taneyev looked to Greek antiquity, basing the libretto on Aeschylus’ powerful trilogy—Agamemnon, Choephorae, and Eumenides—which chronicles the calamities that befell the accursed House of Atreus.
This production at the Fisher Center is the first time this towering work has been staged in its entirety outside of Russia since its premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1895. Sung in the original Russian, Oresteia is directed by Thaddeus Strassberger, who returns to SummerScape after his acclaimed productions in previous seasons of Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots, Franz Schreker’s Der ferne Klang, and Emmanuel Chabrier’s Le roi malgré lui.
Special support for this program is provided by Emily H. Fisher and John Alexander.
Reserve the best seats in the house and special parking for all your Fisher Center performances through premium seating. Call 845-758-7948 for these special seats and benefits.
