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Reimagining the Classics: The Sembrich Announces 2022 Summer Festival

Reimagining the Classics: The Sembrich Announces 2022 Summer Festival

BOLTON LANDING — The Sembrich has announced its 2022 Summer Festival: Reimagining the Classics. 

The festival will explore reinvention - from transcriptions and arrangements of beloved classics, to rhapsodies and variations on themes of popular composers. Some events will return to the intimacy of the historic Sembrich Studio and others will be held under a lakeside performance tent. Events will begin in June and run through early September. Tickets are now on sale for all events in the 2022 summer festival. 

Highlights of The Sembrich 2022 Summer Festival, which kicks off in June, includes:

Reimagining The Classics: Breaking Operatic Traditions* - Michael Capasso, New York City Opera General Director, shares his insights on favorite works by Verdi and Puccini, exploring a variety of productions and performance practices from the past 150 years. Soprano Kristin Sampson illuminates the afternoon with famous arias.

Promenade Series – New in 2022 – This new outdoor series, modeled on the famous Proms of London, features a wide range of musical styles including classical, light classics, and jazz. 

Spectacular Stradivarius: Elizabeth Pitcairn and The Red Violin – Celebrated violin virtuoso Elizabeth Pitcairn and her legendary “Red Mendelssohn” Stradivarius join her Luzerne Music Center colleagues for an evening of violin showpieces and chamber music.

Also: Touba Family Foundation World Music Wednesday; The Sembrich Film Series; Strings of The Philadelphia Orchestra; Adirondack Shakespeare Company: Merry Wars; Masterwork Series, and A Kind of September gala – Evening with Kate Baldwin, for one night only.

For more information, to view additional events and dates, or to purchase tickets visit TheSembrich.org/festival. 

The Sembrich is located at 4800 Lake Shore Drive, Bolton Landing. For more information, visit www.TheSembrich.org or contact 518-644-2431 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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