Handel's ORLANDO Comes To The Stage at Town Hall Theater 6/13

The Green Mountain Opera Festival Emerging Artists present Handel's 1719 opera seria, "Orlando," directed by Sanford Sylvan. Accompanied by a chamber orchestra conducted by Bruce Stasyna at the harpsichord. At Town Hall Theater, Sunday, June 13 at 8:00 pm.

Theatrical history is highlighted by triumphant returns to the stage by legendary performers. It is less frequent, however, for the stage itself to make a triumphant return. The restoration and reopening of Middlebury's Town Hall Theater is one of those rare, even miraculous, occasions.

Let's go back 125 years to February 16, 1883. A special Town Meeting has been convened to discuss the burning issue of where to establish a new center for Middlebury's social and cultural life. The site is Academy Hall, home of the Addison County Grammar School and Middlebury College at the beginning of the 19th century, and now home of the Middlebury Graded (Elementary) School (standing approximately on the current site of Twilight Hall).

Tickets, $22, are available through the THT Box Office by calling 802-382-9222, online at www.townhalltheater.org, or in person on Merchants Row, Middlebury (Mon-Sat, noon-5 pm).