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  • March 2025

  • Thu 13
    Scott Eyerly

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

    Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    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

    Met Opera Live in HD: Beethoven’s Fidelio

    Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 1:00 pm
    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

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

    Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 4:00 pm
    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

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

    Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    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

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

    Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 1:00 pm
    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

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

    Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 4:00 pm
    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

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

    Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    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

    Met Opera Live in HD: Strauss’s Salome

    Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 1:00 pm
    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

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

    Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 4:00 pm
    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

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

    Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    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

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

    Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 1:00 pm
    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

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

    Sunday, June 8, 2025 at 4:00 pm
    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

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

    Friday, June 27, 2025 at 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm 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

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

    Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm 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

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

    Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 4:00 pm
    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

    Berkshire Opera Festival’s 10th Anniversary Concert

    Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 7:30 pm
    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

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

    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 4:00 pm
    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.

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  • Sat 23
    Graphic to promote Berkshire Opera Festival's La Traviata production

    Berkshire Opera Festival: La Traviata

    Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm 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

    Berkshire Opera Festival: La Traviata

    Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm 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

    Berkshire Opera Festival: La Traviata

    Friday, August 29, 2025 at 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm 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

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

    Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    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"

    Met Opera Live in HD: Bellini’s La Sonnambula

    Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 1:00 pm
    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

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

    Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 4:00 pm
    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

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

    Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    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 9
    Still shot from the production showing large groups of people crowding Paris streets

    Met Opera Live in HD: Puccini’s La Bohème

    Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 1:00 pm
    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

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

    Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    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

    Met Opera Live in HD: Strauss’s Arabella

    Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 1:00 pm
    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

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

    Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 4:00 pm
    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.

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  • Thu 11
    Scott Eyerly in the midst of falling mulit-colored pages of sheet music

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

    Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    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 13
    A large crowd of people and soldiers stand against buildings facade

    Met Opera Live in HD: Giordano’s Andrea Chénier

    Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 1:00 pm
    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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  • Wed 31
    Classical musicians at a concert

    Berkshire Bach Society presents: Bach at New Year’s – The Six ‘Brandenburg’ Concertos

    Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 6:00 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    The Berkshire Bach Society presents Bach at New Year’s: The Six 'Brandenburg Concertos', an event that has been a holiday tradition since 1993.

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  • January 2026

  • Thu 8
    Scott Eyerly in the midst of falling mulit-colored pages of sheet music

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Bellini’s I Puritani

    Thursday, January 8 at 5:30 pm
    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 11
    An opera stage set forming a church interior, with three figures standing within

    Met Opera Live in HD: Bellini’s I Puritani

    Sunday, January 11 at 1:00 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals.

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  • Thu 22
    Scott Eyerly

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Kavalier & Clay

    Thursday, January 22 at 5:30 pm
    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 24
    Two actors on stage with a rendering of the Statue of Liberty behind them in the background

    Met Opera Live in HD: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

    Saturday, January 24 at 1:00 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Due to popular demand, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, recorded live earlier this season, will be presented as a special screening.

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