Photo Coverage: Aston Magna Launches Season at Ozawa Hall
Aston Magna's 2012 season marked its 40th year in the Berkshires, and to celebrate launched the season at Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood in Lenox, MA, with a concert on Saturday June 9 at 6:00 p.m.
The concert featured a handful of the many musical highlights beheld over the years including madrigals by Monteverdi, excerpts from Purcell's Dido and Aeneasand Handel's The Triumph of Time and Truth, and Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 1. Vocal soloists will include sopranos Kristen Watson and Roberta Anderson, mezzo soprano Deborah Rentz-Moore, alto Lynn Torgove, tenors Frank Kelley and William Hite, and baritone Stephen Hammer. Artistic Director and violinist Daniel Stepner will lead a full baroque orchestra, which included Peter Sykes, harpsichord.
This 40th Anniversary Gala Concert was followed by a celebratory reception for the Aston Magna Festival at Cranwell Resort.
Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff
OZAWA HALL at TANGLEWOOD
OZAWA HALL
CRANWELL RESORT
Aston Board Member Stephen Perlman
The Gala
Gala Patrons
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Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre (7/30-8/23) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Patricia Quinn Emerson Colonial Theatre (10/27-10/27) |
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Alchemy: Classical Meets Jazz Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (8/14-8/14) |
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Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest Huntington Theatre (1/21-2/07) |
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John Cameron Mitchell: Hedwig 25th Anniversary Movie Tour Boch Center (10/01-10/01) |
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Covenant SpeakEasy Stage Company (9/25-10/17) |
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The Seth Rudetsky Concert Series featuring Lillias White '62 Center for Theatre & Dance (8/22-8/22) |
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Summer, 1976 The Unicorn Theatre (10/07-10/31) |
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Little Shop of Horrors Emerson Colonial Theatre (8/28-8/28) |
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Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella Youth Edition North Shore Music Theatre (8/21-8/21) |