The Glimmerglass Festival’s exhilarating 50th anniversary season centers artists and creators, celebrates opera and musical theater legends, and introduces a thrilling world premiere opera based on a beloved book.

Mainstage productions will include Tosca (Puccini/Illica & Giacosa), Sunday in The Park With George (Sondheim/Sondheim & Lapine), The Rake’s Progress (Stravinsky/Auden & Kallman), the World Premiere of The House on Mango Street (Bermel/Cisneros), based on the classic book. The Festival is also proud to bring former Artistic Director Francesca Zambello’s acclaimed original production of Odyssey (Moore/Rourke) to the Alice Busch Opera Theater for the first time.

Schedule

July 11, 2025

Opening Night Dinner

5:30pm

Toast the opening of the Festival and our 50th Anniversary Season with family and friends over a delicious dinner buffet. Dinner will be catered by the Horned Dorset. Menus are available in the spring; vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options are always available.

Tosca

7:30pm

Music by Giacomo Puccini/Libretto by Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa

Tosca, a tempestuous diva, lives for art—and for love. When Cavaradossi, her lover and a revolutionary painter, is targeted by Rome’s corrupt chief of police, Tosca is determined to save him—but at what price? Puccini’s lush score, written on the heels of La bohème, contrasts moments of exquisite tenderness with heart-stopping sonic spectacle.

Conductor | Joseph Colaneri

Director | Louisa Proske

Set Designer | John Conklin

Costume Designer | Kaye Voyce

Lighting Designer | Robert Wierzel

Hair & Makeup Designer | Tom Watson

Generously Sponsored by | John R. and Joyce Hupper Charitable Foundation

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