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American Symphony to Sample Wagner Operas at Bard College

(ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.) – From a vision of the Holy Grail to the longing for and redemption of love, Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra will perform pieces of Richard Wagner’s most famous operatic works at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, the final concert of the 2012–13 season,…

Contemporary Percussion Masterworks to Be Performed at Bard

(ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.) – The monthlong celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College continues on Friday, April 12, 2013, at 8p.m. in the Sosnoff Theater with a concert led by new-music ensemble So Percussion, accompanied by students from the Bard College Conservatory of Music Percussion…

Famed Irish Writer Colm Tóibín to Speak at Bard College

(ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Colm Tóibín, the acclaimed Irish writer and author of numerous award-winning novels, short stories, plays and essays, will speak about his work with Fintan O’Toole, a leading Irish editor, writer, and critic, in the Lásló Z. Bitó ’60 Auditorium (Room 103) of the Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center for…

Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman to Perform at Bard College in April

  (ANNADALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman will return to Bard College’s Sosnoff Theater for “An Evening with Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer” as part of Bard’s monthlong Fisher Center 10th Anniversary celebration on April 6, 2013, at 8 p.m. Author Gaiman (Coraline; The Graveyard Book) and musician/performance artist Palmer (Dresden Dolls; Amanda…

Bard SummerScape 2012 Festival Celebrates Life and Times of Camille Saint-Saens

(ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.)  – The life and times of Belle E?poque French composer Camille Saint-Saens will be examined, scrutinized, celebrated and revived in the ninth annual Bard SummerScape festival, a seven week arts festival on the campus of Bard College, which once again features a sumptuous tapestry of music, opera, theater, dance, film, and cabaret, and…