Middlebury's Town Hall Theater Broadcast Metropolitan Opera's, LE COMTE ORY, 4/9

Rossini's "Le Comte Ory," starring Bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez, will be broadcast at Middlebury's Town Hall Theater on Saturday, April 9, at 1 pm and Sunday, April 10, at 3 pm. Tickets, $22 with a $10 student price on Sunday, are available through the Town Hall Theater Box Office by calling 802-382-9222, online at www.townhalltheater.org, or in person Monday - Saturday, noon - 5:00 pm.After years of grueling fundraising efforts and unanticipated construction challenges, the building is once again among the most beautiful structures in Middlebury. It reopened with great fanfare on July 26, 2008 - a state-of-the-art building constructed within the historic shell.

After years of fundraising efforts and unanticipated construction challenges, Town Hall Theatre is once again among the most beautiful structures in Middlebury. It reopened with great fanfare on July 26, 2008 - a state-of-the-art building constructed within the historic shell.

The interior has became a spacious hall, named for director Erie Volkert, who helped create the Middlebury Community Players and taught for many years at Middlebury College. With a ceiling rising to the very peak of the roof, the Volkert Main Stage offers a beautiful and capacious space for theater, music, dances, meetings and receptions. Light pours into the room through the newly restored stained-glass windows, and the refinished hardwood floor gleams. The lower level has been reconfigured to accommodate the Carolyn and Will Jackson Gallery, the Bruce and Sue Byers Studio, the Middlebury Community Players Dressing Room, and THT offices.

How often does it happen that a dream, a vision, has been fully realized down to the last detail? How can a community thank the tireless, dedicated efforts of more than a thousand volunteers and donors who are responsible? Clearly, the answer is for everyone to use the building and support THT presentations, guaranteeing that the town's hall will be here to serve the community for another 125 years.