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

August 15, 2025

2025 Festival Dinners

5:30pm

Enjoy dinner, drinks, and conversation with friends and artists from the 2025 Festival. The Horned Dorset will cater all Festival Dinners. Menus are available in the spring; vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options are always available.

TICKETS - $75 per person

VENUE - Pavilion

The Rake's Progress

7:30pm

Music by Igor Stravinsky/Libretto by W.H. Auden & Chester Kallman

A debonair stranger, Nick Shadow, appears to Tom Rakewell and tempts him with the chance to reimagine his future. As Nick conjures a series of enticing adventures for Tom, Anne Trulove fights for Tom’s salvation. Written in Stravinsky’s neoclassical period, Stravinsky’s only full-length opera score sparkles with elegant vocal writing and lively dance rhythms.

Conductor | Joseph Colaneri

Director/Choreographer | Eric Sean Fogel

Set Designer | John Conklin

Costume Designer | Lynly Saunders

Lighting Designer | Robert Wierzel

Hair & Make-up | Tom Watson

Generously Sponsored by | Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard

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