The Castleton Festival -- music, theater and opera performed with fresh energy by the stars of tomorrow in two state-of-the-art theatres built on the grounds of Maestro Lorin Maazel’s Virginia home, Castleton Farms.
Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West: The Castleton Festival presents a new production of Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West (La Fanciulla del West), conducted by Maestro Maazel and directed by renowned Italian stage director Giandomenico Vaccari on Friday, July 12 at 8:00 PM in the 648-seat Festival Theatre.
Date: Friday, July 12, 2013 at 8:00 PM
Where: The Castleton Festival Theatre, 7 Castleton Meadows Lane, in Castleton, Rappahannock County, Virginia, 60 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. and 45 minutes from Charlottesville, VA.
La Voix Humaine opera/play double bill: The Castleton Festival presents La Voix Humaine (The Human Voice) as a double bill, pairing for the first time the Cocteau play and the Poulenc opera. Conducted by Malko Competition co-winner Antonio Méndez, La Voix Humaine will be performed in the intimate 138-seat Theatre House on Saturday, July 13 at 3:00 PM.
Date: Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 3:00 PM
Where: The Castleton Theatre House, 664 Castleton View Road, in Castleton, Rappahannock County, Virginia, 60 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. and 45 minutes from Charlottesville, VA.
Verdi’s Otello: The Castleton Festival presents a Sir Peter Hall/Glyndebourne Festival production of Verdi’s Otello in the 648-seat Festival Theatre on Saturday, July 13 at 7:00 PM.
Date: Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 7:00 PM
Where: The Castleton Festival Theatre, 7 Castleton Meadows Lane, in Castleton, Rappahannock County, Virginia, 60 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. and 45 minutes from Charlottesville, VA.
Castleton Chamber Players: The Castleton Festival presents a performance by the Castleton Chamber Players, featuring violinist Eric Silberger and cellist Daniel Lelchuk, on Sunday, July 14 at 11:00 AM in the intimate 138-seat Theatre House.
Date: Sunday, July 14, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Where: The Castleton Theatre House, 664 Castleton View Road, in Castleton, Rappahannock County, Virginia, 60 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. and 45 minutes from Charlottesville, VA.
Mahler Symphony No. 5, and a new work, Metropolitan, by Charles Peck: The Castleton Festival presents a performance of Mahler Symphony No. 5, along with Metropolitan, a new work by Charles Peck, winner of Maestro Maazel’s Castleton Young Composers Forum. Mahler Symphony No. 5 and Metropolitan on Sunday, July 14 at 2:00 PM in the 648-seat Festival Theatre.
Date: Sunday, July 14, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Where: The Castleton Festival Theatre, 7 Castleton Meadows Lane, in Castleton, Rappahannock County, Virginia, 60 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. and 45 minutes from Charlottesville, VA.
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