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  • November 2024

  • Sun 24
    Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 1:00 pm

    Met Opera Live in HD: Puccini’s Tosca

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Extraordinary Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the passionate title diva in David McVicar’s thrilling production, transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera stage to cinemas.

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  • December 2024

  • Sat 7
    Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 1:00 pm

    Met Opera in HD Encore: Mozart’s The Magic Flute

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    This was the groundbreaking broadcast that launched the Met’s heralded Live in HD series, seen by opera lovers in movie theaters around the world.

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  • Sun 15
    Vivace Painting
    Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 4:00 pm

    Close Encounters With Music: Vivace Chamber Orchestra – Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Britten, Boccherini, Barber

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Composed by Tchaikovsky to counter a bout of insomnia and melancholy, Serenade for Strings immediately cheered him up, and he reported “feeling well, invigorated and content”—as gratified listeners have over the years.

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  • January 2025

  • Thu 23
    Scott Eyerly
    Thursday, January 23 at 5:30 pm

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Verdi’s Aida

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

  • Sat 25
    Saturday, January 25 at 12:30 pm

    Met Opera Live in HD: Verdi’s Aida

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    American soprano Angel Blue headlines as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country in a new production of Verdi’s Aida by Michael Mayer that brings audiences inside the towering pyramids and gilded tombs of ancient Egypt with intricate projections and dazzling animations.

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  • March 2025

  • Thu 13
    Scott Eyerly
    Thursday, March 13 at 5:30 pm

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Beethoven’s Fidelio

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

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  • Sat 15
    Saturday, March 15 at 1:00 pm

    Met Opera Live in HD: Beethoven’s Fidelio

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Following a string of awe-inspiring Live in HD performances, Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Leonore, the faithful wife who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny in Beethoven’s Fidelio.

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  • Sun 23
    Michael Chertock
    Sunday, March 23 at 4:00 pm

    Close Encounters With Music: “Rite of Spring” – Rachmaninoff / Stravinsky

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Two monumental works, two Russian ex-pats of the same aristocratic background—and two divergent extremes.

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  • April 2025

  • Thu 24
    Scott Eyerly
    Thursday, April 24 at 5:30 pm

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

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  • Sat 26
    Saturday, April 26 at 1:00 pm

    Met Opera Live in HD: Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    On April 26, Mozart’s timeless comedy returns to cinemas worldwide with a live transmission from the Metropolitan Opera.

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  • Sun 27
    Dali Quartet
    Sunday, April 27 at 4:00 pm

    Close Encounters With Music: Classical Roots, Latin Soul– The Dalí String Quartet

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    The Dalí Quartet is Chamber Music America’s 2024 Ensemble of the Year. The program features Beethoven's Quartet No. 1 Op. 18 and Mendelssohn's Op. 80 quartet in addition to Astor Piazzolla's Tango Ballet. 

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  • May 2025

  • Thu 15
    Scott Eyerly
    Thursday, May 15 at 5:30 pm

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Strauss’s Salome

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

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  • Sat 17
    Salome
    Saturday, May 17 at 1:00 pm

    Met Opera Live in HD: Strauss’s Salome

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium on May 17 to conduct Strauss’s one-act tragedy, which will be transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera stage to cinemas worldwide.

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  • Sun 18
    A collage of images representing a classical music program
    Sunday, May 18 at 4:00 pm

    Close Encounters With Music: A Tale of Two Salons – Winnaretta Singer and Marcel Proust

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Works commissioned by and dedicated to Winnaretta Singer or performed in her Paris mansion. A musical snapshot of a cultural mover and shaker who changed the course of modern music.

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  • June 2025

  • Thu 5
    Scott Eyerly
    Thursday, June 5 at 5:30 pm

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Rossini’s il Barbiere di Siviglia

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

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  • Sat 7
    Saturday, June 7 at 1:00 pm

    Met Opera Live in HD: Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva.

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  • Sun 8
    Danielle Talamantes and Kerry Wilkerson
    Sunday, June 8 at 4:00 pm

    Close Encounters With Music: L’Amour Toujours – CEWM Commissioning Program World Premiere

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    It’s all about love: A new work for clarinet trio by composer Seth Grosshandler that celebrates young love, courtship and the serendipity of meeting one’s intended receives its inaugural performance.

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  • Fri 27
    A performer for Boston Early Music Festival sings at a performance
    Friday, June 27 at 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Boston Early Music Festival presents: Telemann’s Pimpinone and Ino

    Boston Early Music Festival presents: Telemann’s Pimpinone and Ino

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Explore the depth of Telemann’s genius with a fascinating pairing of stylish slapstick and scintillating drama for an evening of show-stopping virtuosity from the Grammy-winning Boston Early Music Festival! 

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  • Sat 28
    A performer for Boston Early Music Festival sings at a performance
    Saturday, June 28 at 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Boston Early Music Festival presents: Telemann’s Pimpinone and Ino

    Boston Early Music Festival presents: Telemann’s Pimpinone and Ino

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Explore the depth of Telemann’s genius with a fascinating pairing of stylish slapstick and scintillating drama for an evening of show-stopping virtuosity from the Grammy-winning Boston Early Music Festival! 

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  • July 2025

  • Thu 24
    Graphic to promote Berkshire Opera Festival's La Traviata production
    Thursday, July 24 at 4:00 pm

    Berkshire Opera Festival: Behind the Curtain – A Presentation Exploring BOF’s 10th Anniversary Season

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Please join Berkshire Opera Festival for a presentation and discussion of BOF's upcoming mainstage production of Verdi's La Traviata.

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  • August 2025

  • Thu 14
    A promo image for Berkshire Opera Festival's 10th Anniversary Concert
    Thursday, August 14 at 7:30 pm

    Berkshire Opera Festival’s 10th Anniversary Concert

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Join Berkshire Opera Festival as they celebrate their 10th anniversary with a gala concert!

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  • Tue 19
    Dramaturg Cori Ellison speaking at a podium
    Tuesday, August 19 at 4:00 pm

    Berkshire Opera Festival: The Tart with a Heart – La Traviata: Myth or Documentary?

    Indigo Room 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

    Please join Berkshire Opera Festival and dramaturg Cori Ellison for “The Tart with a Heart: Traviata as Documentary and Myth,” a free and informative talk about the foundations of Verdi’s famous opera.

    RESERVE

  • Sat 23
    Graphic to promote Berkshire Opera Festival's La Traviata production
    Saturday, August 23 at 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm Berkshire Opera Festival: La Traviata

    Berkshire Opera Festival: La Traviata

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Set amid the splendor of Parisian nightlife, Giuseppe Verdi’s timeless tale of love and sacrifice has become one of the most beloved operas of all time.

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  • Tue 26
    Graphic to promote Berkshire Opera Festival's La Traviata production
    Tuesday, August 26 at 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Berkshire Opera Festival: La Traviata

    Berkshire Opera Festival: La Traviata

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Set amid the splendor of Parisian nightlife, Giuseppe Verdi’s timeless tale of love and sacrifice has become one of the most beloved operas of all time.

    TICKETS

  • Fri 29
    Graphic to promote Berkshire Opera Festival's La Traviata production
    Friday, August 29 at 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Berkshire Opera Festival: La Traviata

    Berkshire Opera Festival: La Traviata

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Set amid the splendor of Parisian nightlife, Giuseppe Verdi’s timeless tale of love and sacrifice has become one of the most beloved operas of all time.

    TICKETS

  • October 2025

  • Thu 16
    Scott Eyerly in the midst of falling mulit-colored pages of sheet music
    Thursday, October 16 at 5:30 pm

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Bellini’s La Sonnambula

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

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  • Sun 19
    Still shot of singers performing a scene from "La Sonnambula"
    Sunday, October 19 at 1:00 pm

    Met Opera Live in HD: Bellini’s La Sonnambula

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleepwalks her way into audiences’ hearts in Bellini’s poignant tale of love lost and found.

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  • November 2025

  • Sun 2
    A graphic of a little girl handing a man an apple
    Sunday, November 2 at 4:00 pm

    Close Encounters With Music: “The Golem” – A Vision in Sound and Cinema with the Avalon String Quartet

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Monsters and magic spells! A masterwork of German expressionist cinema meets a live, klezmer-infused score in a vibrant feast for the eyes and ears.

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  • Thu 6
    Scott Eyerly in the midst of falling mulit-colored pages of sheet music
    Thursday, November 6 at 5:30 pm

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Puccini’s La Bohème

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

    JOIN

  • Sun 9
    Still shot from the production showing large groups of people crowding Paris streets
    Sunday, November 9 at 1:00 pm

    Met Opera Live in HD: Puccini’s La Bohème

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is heartbreaking.

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  • Thu 20
    Scott Eyerly in the midst of falling mulit-colored pages of sheet music
    Thursday, November 20 at 5:30 pm

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Strauss’s Arabella

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

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  • Sat 22
    A group of dancers in a ballroom
    Saturday, November 22 at 1:00 pm

    Met Opera Live in HD: Strauss’s Arabella

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna in a sumptuous production by legendary director Otto Schenk that “is as beautiful as one could hope” (The New York Times).

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  • December 2025

  • Sun 7
    An animated picture of orchestral musicians
    Sunday, December 7 at 4:00 pm

    Close Encounters With Music: Vivace Chamber Orchestra – Mozart, Mendelssohn, Britten, Bruch

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    The Vivace players return! This New York-based chamber music collective shares the aim of performing the greatest works in the repertoire at the highest level.

    TICKETS

  • Thu 11
    Scott Eyerly in the midst of falling mulit-colored pages of sheet music
    Thursday, December 11 at 5:30 pm

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Giordano’s Andrea Chénier

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

    JOIN

  • Sat 13
    A large crowd of people and soldiers stand against buildings facade
    Saturday, December 13 at 1:00 pm

    Met Opera Live in HD: Giordano’s Andrea Chénier

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution.

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