Charlottesville Opera, Ash Lawn Opera transformed, celebrates its fortieth anniversary season with a special fundraising event at the historic Airslie Farm in Keswick on March 18. The reception will feature performances by principal artists from the East Coast premiere of Middlemarch in Spring, Charlottesville Opera's first production of the season. The cast includes artists who have performed at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and more. Cocktails and heavy hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Airslie Farm is a historic home in Keswick, Virginia. A classic horse farm built in 1860, it is surrounded by over 500 acres of pristine land and features a number of out buildings, guest cottages, stables, and more. This event is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to see a Central Virginia landmark in-person.Middlemarch in Spring, which had its world premiere in San Francisco in 2015, received rave reviews from the Encyclopedia Britannica and San Francisco Chronicle, both of which recognized it as a noteworthy new work. It is based on George Eliot's masterpiece Middlemarch, and depicts an unforgettable spring of passionate love and political upheaval. Charlottesville Opera will bring this new work to the East Coast for the first time on March 23 and 24 at The Paramount Theater in downtown Charlottesville, featuring a number of artists from the original cast, including renowned bass-baritone Philip Skinner.Videos