The Robert Spano era began at the Aspen Music Festival and School when the maestro from the Atlanta Symphony was appointed to take the baton vacated by David Zinman. read more Click here to read the whole story Read More →
Aspen Music Festival Raises Curtain On Summer 2011
From June 29 through August 21, 2011, The Aspen Music Festival and School will explore how “art inspires art,” meaning how other forms have informed classical music. read more Click here to read the whole story Read More →
Hallelujah For Handel’s Messiah In Aspen
ASPEN – Handel’s Messiah, before becoming perhaps the most popular piece of choral music, went though numerous changes before the composer was satisfied with it. The Messiah, written in 1741 and premiered the following year in Dublin, went through repeated revisions before it was presented... Read more →
Aspen Music Fest Gets It Rite
“Conductor Marin Alsop put an exclamation point on the Aspen Music Festival season by whipping up a rip-snorting ‘Rite of Spring’ in Sunday afternoon’s final concert to top off what has been a season of often-exciting and well-played orchestral programs.” Read More →
Audra McDonald From Broadway To Aspen
BROADWAY STAR AUDRA MCDONALD MAKES HER ASPEN DEBUT THIS SATURDAY Aspen Music Festival and School Season Benefit features an evening of much-loved songs and an elegant dinner on the illuminated Benedict Music Tent stage ASPEN, Colo.—Broadway and television star Audra McDonald makes her highly-anticipated... Read more →
Figaro! It’s The Barber Of Seville
The Aspen Opera Theater Center kicks off its season this Thursday with the first opera from the Beaumarchais trilogy, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. The comedic masterpiece introduces the audience to some of opera’s most beloved characters, including the sly and witty barber Figaro. The Barber... Read more →
Figaro! It’s The Barber Of Seville!
The Aspen Opera Theater Center kicks off its season this Thursday with the first opera from the Beaumarchais trilogy, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. The comedic masterpiece introduces the audience to some of opera’s most beloved characters, including the sly and witty barber Figaro. The Barber... Read more →
Aspen Becomes Glass House
The Aspen Music Festival and School will set the stage for an American premiere of a work composed by Phillip Glass and performed Robert McDuffie. Read More →
Aspen Becomes Glass House
Aspen Post, We’re running a ticket giveaway contest for the U.S. premiere of the new Philip Glass piece at the Aspen Music Festival on July 22. We would love to get the word out about it by announcing it to Aspen residents/visitors on your site and in whatever ways might be helpful to you! To enter... Read more →
Bucksbaum A-O-Kay With Aspen Music Fest And School
If the pieces fall into place at the Aspen Music Festival and School, it will fall to longtime benefactor Kay Bucksbaum to quiet the troubled waters as chair of the board. Read More →