Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

BOF’s Annual FREE Family Concert: Once Upon an Opera
2026-04-12 14:00 (America/New_York) | Indigo Room, 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
RESERVE

FREE, Reservations required
Back by popular demand! Berkshire Opera Festival’s Free Family Concert returns with a high-energy mix of opera’s best-loved classics, packed with soaring melodies you’ll instantly recognize. This fun, hour-long interactive performance invites kids and adults alike to get involved and experience the excitement of live opera up close. It’s the perfect way to spark curiosity, share great music, and make a memorable family outing. This unforgettable afternoon of world-class music is free and open to all ages, but you’ll want to reserve your seats today as seating is limited.

Berkshire Bach Society presents: Bach at New Year’s - The Six ‘Brandenburg’ Concertos
2025-12-31 18:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS
$50 – $85
$50 Upper Balcony
$70 Orchestra & Mezzanine
$85 Opera Box
The Berkshire Bach Society presents Bach at New Year's: The Six 'Brandenburg Concertos', an event that has been a holiday tradition since 1993. Nine-time Grammy Award winner and Artistic Director Eugene Drucker leads the Berkshire Bach Ensemble in the iconic works that started it all. Join Berkshire Bach for an evening of great music and dazzling performances and start your New Year on a high note.

Berkshire Opera Festival: La Traviata
2025-08-29 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-08-26 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-08-23 13:00 - 15:30 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

Tickets start at $20
BOF Donor & Mahaiwe Member Sale:
Wednesday, January 15 at noon
Public Sale:
Wednesday, January 22 at noon
Pre-show talk for the Saturday performance:
There will be a free pre-performance talk with dramaturg Cori Ellison at 12pm (11:45am doors) for all ticket holders. Gain insight into one of Verdi’s greatest works before curtain at 1pm.
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. Violetta lives a life of decadence and grandeur until she finds true love for the first time with Alfredo. They leave high society for a life in the countryside together, but when fate intervenes, Violetta must make an agonizing choice. Verdi’s exquisite melodies and rousing choruses are a perfect accompaniment for this doomed romance.
Approximate running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes including one intermission
Sung in Italian with projected English translations
Cast:
Violetta Valéry – VANESSA BECERRA
Alfredo Germont – JOSHUA BLUE
Giorgio Germont – WESTON HURT
Flora Bervoix – ERIN REPPENHAGEN
Gastone – MAXIMILLIAN JANSEN
Doctor Grenvil – JOHN CHEEK
Baron Douphol – YAZID GRAY
The Marquis of Obigny – ADAM PARTRIDGE
Annina – KALIA KELLOGG
Creative Team:
Conductor – Brian Garman
Stage Director – Jonathon Loy
Additional production information available at berkshireoperafestival.org.
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center is home to Berkshire Opera Festival, the only fully-producing opera company in the Berkshires.

Berkshire Opera Festival: The Tart with a Heart – La Traviata: Myth or Documentary?
2025-08-19 16:00 | Indigo Room, 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
RESERVE

FREE, Reservations required
Please join Berkshire Opera Festival and dramaturg Cori Ellison for “The Tart with a Heart – La Traviata: Myth or Documentary?,” a free and informal talk that sheds light on the sources, from current events to ancient history, of Verdi’s masterpiece. Discover the real-life story that inspired French author and playwright Alexandre Dumas fils to write La Dame aux Camélias, the personal experiences that drew Verdi to its story, and the age-old mythical trope of the “lost” woman who is redeemed through sacrifice.

Berkshire Opera Festival’s 10th Anniversary Concert
2025-08-14 19:30 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

Tickets starting at $20
Premium tickets include an invitation to a post-show reception
BOF Donor & Mahaiwe Member Sale:
Wednesday, January 15 at noon
Public Sale:
Wednesday, January 22 at noon
Join Berkshire Opera Festival as they mark their 10th anniversary with a celebratory concert! This spectacular concert will showcase a wide variety of music from beloved operas alongside other selections that are sure to become new favorites. Joined by esteemed artists from previous and upcoming seasons, members of the internationally renowned cast of La Traviata will thrill you with their voices and their passion. These outstanding artists will be joined as always by the talented musicians of the Berkshire Opera Festival Orchestra and Chorus, all under the musical direction of Artistic Director and Co-Founder Brian Garman.
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center is home to Berkshire Opera Festival, the only fully-producing opera company in the Berkshires.

Berkshire Opera Festival: Behind the Curtain – A Presentation Exploring BOF’s 10th Anniversary Season
2025-07-24 16:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
RESERVE

FREE, Reservations required
Please join Berkshire Opera Festival for a presentation and discussion of BOF’s upcoming mainstage production of Verdi’s La Traviata. This free public preview event will be led by BOF Co-founders, Artistic Director Brian Garman and Director of Production Jonathon Loy, as they pull back the curtain on the history, story, and magic of this iconic opera. This is a perfect introduction for opera aficionados or newbies!

Berkshire Opera Festival – Choose Your Own Opera Adventure
2025-03-02 14:00 | Indigo Room, 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
RESERVE

FREE with reservations
General Admission seating
Join a great cast of artists for an afternoon of opera adventures where YOU get to decide what happens! Featuring favorite arias by Mozart, Puccini, Bizet, and others.
Recommended for ages 8-14, with accompanying family members of all ages.
Featured artists include soprano Erin Casey, mezzo-soprano Abbegael Greene, tenor Maximillian Jansen (who will appear this August in BOF’s mainstage production of La Traviata), baritone Paul La Rosa, and pianist Noah Palmer. BOF’s Artistic and Education Coordinator Luca Antnonucci will lead the event.

Berkshire Bach Society presents: Bach at New Year’s
2024-12-31 18:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$50 – $85
$50 Upper Balcony
$70 Mezzanine & Orchestra
$85 Opera Box
Berkshire Bach Member Pre-Sale starts 9/18 at Noon
Public Sale starts 9/23 at Noon
The Berkshire Bach Society presents Bach at New Year’s: The Six ‘Brandenburg Concertos,’ an event that has been a holiday tradition since 1993. Nine-time Grammy Award winner and Artistic Director Eugene Drucker leads the Berkshire Bach Ensemble in the iconic works that started it all. Join Berkshire Bach for an evening of great music and dazzling performances and start your New Year on a high note.
Anticipated runtime: 2.5 hours

Berkshire Opera Festival: Faust
2024-08-30 19:30 - 22:15, 2024-08-27 19:30 - 22:15, 2024-08-24 13:00 - 15:45 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS
Starting at $20

$15 tickets for ages 30 and under (visit the Box Office or call 413-528-0100, Wed – Sat, 12-4pm)
Saturday, August 24 only: There will be a free pre-performance talk with dramaturg Cori Ellison at 12pm (11:45am doors) for all ticket holders. Gain insight into one of Gounod's greatest works before curtain at 1pm.
It's the original "Faustian bargain" — old Dr. Faust sells his soul to the devil to be young again. But his decision has devastating consequences. This story of tragedy and redemption is Gounod's masterpiece, and it stands at the summit of French romantic opera. Surging with memorable and timeless music, it has remained one of the world's most popular operas ever since its premiere.
Approximate running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes including one intermission
Sung in French with projected English translation
Cast:
Faust – Duke Kim
Marguerite – Raquel González
Méphistophélès – Justin Hopkins
Valentin – Jarrett Porter
Siébel – Sun-Ly Pierce
Marthe Schwerlein – Abbegael Greene
Wagner – Kyle Dunn
Creative Team:
Conductor – Brian Garman
Stage Director – Jonathon Loy
Additional production information available at berkshireoperafestival.org.

Met Opera Live in HD: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
2024-08-14 13:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$25 / $10 ages 21 and under
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In an unforgettable Met performance from 2020, one of America’s greatest operas returns, featuring soprano Angel Blue and bass-baritone Eric Owens alongside a phenomenal ensemble cast. David Robertson conducts.
Originally transmitted February 1, 2020
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Met Opera Live in HD: Puccini’s Turandot
2024-08-07 13:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$25 / $10 ages 21 and under
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In this 2016 Met performance of Puccini’s extravagant masterpiece, soprano Nina Stemme and tenor Marco Berti star in a larger-than-life staging from legendary director Franco Zeffirelli. Paolo Carignani conducts.
Originally transmitted January 30, 2016
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Met Opera Live in HD: Rossini’s La Cenerentola
2024-07-31 13:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$25 / $10 ages 21 and under
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Rossini’s charming take on the Cinderella story returns to cinemas, starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and tenor Juan Diego Flórez in Cesare Lievi’s whimsical production. Fabio Luisi conducts.
Originally transmitted May 10, 2014
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Berkshire Opera Festival – Free Faust Preview
2024-07-24 16:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
REGISTER

FREE, registration required
Please join Berkshire Opera Festival for a presentation and discussion of BOF’s upcoming mainstage production of Gounod’s Faust. This free public preview event will be led by BOF Co-Founders, Artistic Director Brian Garman and Director of Production Jonathon Loy, as they pull back the curtain on the history, story, and magic of this iconic opera. This is a perfect introduction for opera aficionados or newbies!

The Berkshire Bach Society Presents: Bach at New Year's – A Very Baroque Celebration
2023-12-31 18:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS
$45 – $85

$45 Upper Balcony
$68 Orchestra and Mezzanine
$85 Opera Box
Berkshire Bach Society Members receive $5 off per ticket (max. two tickets)
Discount code provided by Berkshire Bach Society communications

The Berkshire Bach Society presents Bach at New Year’s: A Very Baroque Celebration, an event that has been a holiday tradition since 1993. Nine-time Grammy Award winner and Music Director Eugene Drucker leads the Berkshire Bach Ensemble in a veritable tasting menu of the splendid feast that is Baroque music. Join Berkshire Bach for an evening of great music and dazzling performances in works by Bach, Telemann, von Biber, and more to start your New Year on a high note.

The Berkshire Eagle and Mahaiwe Present: At the Crossroads - A Forum on the South County District Merger Proposal
2023-10-04 19:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
RESERVE

The forum is free, but event registration is required (using the "Reserve" button above)
Eight towns served by the Berkshire Hills and Southern Berkshire Regional school districts are about to convene special town meetings this fall to vote up or down a proposal to merge the districts.
The Berkshire Eagle and Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center are convening an informational forum on the issue to help educate voters on the proposal. The forum is Wednesday, October 4, at the Mahaiwe, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington. The forum gets underway at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Our forum will be led by Eagle Executive Editor Kevin Moran and will feature members of the Eight Town Regional School District Planning Board, the group that formed in March 2020 to study a merger in the face of declining enrollment and rising operating costs.
The eight towns are Great Barrington, Stockbridge and West Stockbridge, served by the Berkshire Hills Regional School District, and Alford, Egremont, Monterey, New Marlborough and Sheffield, served by the Southern Berkshire Regional School District.
The forum is free, but registration is required. General admission is first-come, first-served.
We seek your questions in advance in order to have an orderly program and to address the most pressing questions for voters in the districts' towns. Visit jotform.com/form/232494106213044 or scan the QR code to submit your questions.
Unable to attend but want to ask a question? Visit jotform.com/form/232494106213044 or scan the QR code below.

Berkshire Opera Festival presents: Breaking the Mold: Baroque, Bel Canto, and Beyond
2023-07-22 14:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS
$60 Reserved / $120 Premium*
$20 concert-only tickets available for full-time students, teachers, and patrons under 30
Berkshire Opera Festival presents an afternoon of arias and ensembles that span over 200 years of operatic composition. In keeping with BOF's vision to explore the entire operatic repertoire, these selections represent a wide range of musical styles, and are sung by strong characters who each "broke the mold" in their own way. BOF is proud to present a world-class slate of artists to perform this powerful music.
Jacqueline Piccolino, soprano
Megan Moore, mezzo-soprano
Alex McKissick, tenor
Ethan Vincent, baritone
Travis Bloom, piano
Performance time is approximately 2 hours, which includes an intermission.
*Premium ticket-holders are invited to a post-show reception with the artists. Complimentary refreshments are provided. Full details of the reception will be sent to Premium ticket-holders ahead of the concert.

Met Opera Live in HD: Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte
2023-06-10 13:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$25 adults / $10 everyone 21 and under
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This screening is an encore date per Mahaiwe scheduling.
One of opera’s most beloved works receives its first new Met staging in 19 years—a daring vision by renowned English director Simon McBurney that The Wall Street Journal declared “the best production I’ve ever witnessed of Mozart’s opera.” Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the Met Orchestra, with the pit raised to make the musicians visible to the audience and allow interaction with the cast. In his Met-debut staging, McBurney lets loose a volley of theatrical flourishes, incorporating projections, sound effects, and acrobatics to match the spectacle and drama of Mozart’s fable. The brilliant cast includes soprano Erin Morley as Pamina, tenor Lawrence Brownlee as Tamino, baritone Thomas Oliemans in his Met debut as Papageno, soprano Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night, and bass Stephen Milling as Sarastro.
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Met Opera Live in HD: Mozart’s Don Giovanni
2023-05-20 13:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$25 adults / $10 everyone 21 and under
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Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove makes a major Met debut with a new take on Mozart’s tragicomedy, re-setting the familiar tale of deceit and damnation in an abstract architectural landscape and shining a light into the dark corners of the story and its characters. Maestro Nathalie Stutzmann makes her Met debut conducting a star-studded cast led by baritone Peter Mattei as a magnetic Don Giovanni, alongside the Leporello of bass-baritone Adam Plachetka. Sopranos Federica Lombardi, Ana María Martínez, and Ying Fang make a superlative trio as Giovanni’s conquests—Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, and Zerlina—and tenor Ben Bliss is Don Ottavio.
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Met Opera Live in HD: Terence Blanchard’s Champion
2023-04-29 13:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$25 adults / $10 everyone 21 and under
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Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard brings his first opera to the Met after his Fire Shut Up in My Bones triumphantly premiered with the company to universal acclaim in 2021. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green is the young boxer Emile Griffith, who rises from obscurity to become a world champion, and bass-baritone Eric Owens portrays Griffith’s older self, haunted by the ghosts of his past. Soprano Latonia Moore is Emelda Griffith, the boxer’s estranged mother, and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe is the bar owner Kathy Hagan. Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for Blanchard’s second Met premiere, also reuniting the director-and-choreographer team of James Robinson and Camille A. Brown. Libretto by Michael Cristofer.
Content Advisory: Champion contains adult themes, sexually explicit language, and physical violence.
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Met Opera Live in HD: Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier
2023-04-15 12:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$25 adults / $10 everyone 21 and under
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A dream cast assembles for Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy. Soprano Lise Davidsen is the aristocratic Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey as her lover, Octavian, and soprano Erin Morley as Sophie, the beautiful younger woman who steals his heart. Bass Günther Groissböck returns as the churlish Baron Ochs, and Markus Brück is Sophie’s wealthy father, Faninal. Maestro Simone Young takes the Met podium to oversee Robert Carsen’s fin-de-siècle staging.
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Met Opera Live in HD: Verdi’s Falstaff
2023-04-01 12:30 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$25 adults / $10 everyone 21 and under
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Baritone Michael Volle stars as the caddish knight Falstaff, gleefully tormented by a trio of clever women who deliver his comeuppance, in Verdi’s glorious Shakespearean comedy. Maestro Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to oversee a brilliant ensemble cast that features sopranos Hera Hyesang Park Ailyn Pérez, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, tenor Bogdan Volkov, and baritone Christopher Maltman.
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Met Opera Live in HD: Wagner’s Lohengrin
2023-03-18 12:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$25 adults / $10 everyone 21 and under
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Wagner’s soaring masterpiece makes its triumphant return to the Met stage after 17 years. In a sequel to his revelatory production of Parsifal, director François Girard unveils an atmospheric staging that once again weds his striking visual style and keen dramatic insight to Wagner’s breathtaking music, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct a supreme cast led by tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role of the mysterious swan knight. Soprano Tamara Wilson is the virtuous duchess Elsa, falsely accused of murder, going head-to-head with soprano Christine Goerke as the cunning sorceress Ortrud, who seeks to lay her low. Bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin is Ortrud’s power-hungry husband, Telramund, and bass Günther Groissböck is King Heinrich.
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Met Opera Live in HD: Giordano’s Fedora
2023-01-14 13:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$25 adults / $10 everyone 21 and under
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Met Members & Mahaiwe Bravo Circle Sale:
Tuesday, August 2 at 12pm
Member Sale:
Thursday, August 4 at 12pm
Public Sale:
Saturday, August 6 at 12pm
Umberto Giordano’s exhilarating drama returns to the Met repertory for the first time in 25 years. Packed with memorable melodies, showstopping arias, and explosive confrontations, Fedora requires a cast of thrilling voices to take flight, and the Met’s new production promises to deliver. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva, one of today’s most riveting artists, sings the title role of the 19th-century Russian princess who falls in love with her fiancé’s murderer, Count Loris, sung by star tenor Piotr Beczała. Soprano Rosa Feola is the Countess Olga, Fedora’s confidante, and baritone Lucas Meachem is the diplomat De Siriex, with much-loved Met maestro Marco Armiliato conducting. Director David McVicar delivers a detailed and dramatic staging based around an ingenious fixed set that, like a Russian nesting doll, unfolds to reveal the opera’s three distinctive settings—a palace in St. Petersburg, a fashionable Parisian salon, and a picturesque villa in the Swiss Alps.
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The Berkshire Bach Society Presents: Bach at New Year's - A Baroque Concerto Showcase
2022-12-31 18:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$42 – $85
FREE – Children or students with school ID (offer not valid on Premium seating)
$42 Upper Balcony
$68 Orchestra and Mezzanine
$85 Opera Box
Berkshire Bach Society Members receive $5 off per ticket (max. two tickets)
Discount code provided by Berkshire Bach Society communications

The Berkshire Bach Society presents Bach at New Year’s, a celebration of Baroque music that has been a holiday tradition since 1993. Nine-time Grammy Award winner and Music Director Eugene Drucker leads the Berkshire Bach Ensemble in a special program that showcases the virtuosity of The Society’s individual musicians in single, double, and even triple concertos. From Bach’s double violin concerto, last performed by the group in 2012, to one of Telemann’s suites from his Tafelmusik, to works for viola, cello, flute, oboe, trumpet, and harpsichord, Berkshire Bach explores the thrilling repertoire that is at the heart of chamber music in the Baroque era. Join Berkshire Bach for an evening of great music and dazzling performances in works by Bach, Handel, Telemann, and Vivaldi to start your New Year on a high note.

Met Opera Live in HD: Kevin Puts’s The Hours
2022-12-10 13:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$25 adults / $10 everyone 21 and under
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Met Members & Mahaiwe Bravo Circle Sale:
Tuesday, August 2 at 12pm
Member Sale:
Thursday, August 4 at 12pm
Public Sale:
Saturday, August 6 at 12pm
Soprano Renée Fleming makes her highly anticipated return to the Met in the world-premiere production of Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Kevin Puts’s The Hours, adapted from Michael Cunningham’s acclaimed novel. Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway and made a household name by the Oscar-winning 2002 film version starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman, the powerful story follows three women from different eras who each grapple with their inner demons and their roles in society. The exciting premiere radiates with star power, with soprano Kelli O’Hara and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato joining Fleming as the opera’s trio of heroines. Phelim McDermott directs this compelling drama, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct Puts’s poignant and powerful score. Libretto by Greg Pierce.
Please note: The Hours contains themes of suicide. If you or someone you know is considering self-harm or suicide, help is available from the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988 or visiting 988lifeline.org.
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BIFF & Austen Riggs Center present Shine the Light: A Special Screening and Conversation about Mental Health
2022-11-20 15:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
TICKETS

$15 / FREE ages 18 and under
On Sale October 14 at 12pm
Berkshire International Film Festival and the Austen Riggs Center are proud to present a special community screening and conversation about youth mental illness and suicide prevention. The community event Shine the Light will screen a segment from the documentary Ken Burns presents Hiding in Plain Sight, Youth Mental Illness, a film by Erik Ewers & Christopher Loren Ewers, followed by the screening of a 3-minute PSA produced in the Berkshires, Up on the Roof, which features Carole King. The event will also include a conversation with the film’s director and producer Erik Ewers, subjects from the film MaClayn and Mary Clark, producer Amanda Sherman, founder of Find Your Anchor Ali Borowsky, and mental health treatment experts Jane Tillman, PhD, from the Austen Riggs Center and Brenda Butler, MD, from Berkshire Health Systems. The event is in cooperation with executive producer and sponsor, Kate Morris and the Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention. This event hopes to provide important information, tools of where to turn for help, and inspiration.
