The Castleton Festival, staged on the Rappahannock County estate of conductor Lorin Maazel and his wife, Dietlinde Turban-Maazel, will feature new productions of the three
one-act operas of Puccini’s "Il Trittico," Stravinsky’s "L’histoire du soldat" ("The Soldier’s Tale") and Manuel De Falla’s "Master Pedro’s Puppet Show," along with revivals of Britten’s "The Turn of the Screw" and Britten’s arrangement of "The Beggar’s Opera," in its 2010 season, opening July 2 and running through July 25.
The festival, which draws about 200 young musicians and theater artists and technicians to work with Maazel and other professional mentors, will present the staged works in
the 140-seat Theatre House, as well as four orchestra concerts under a new festival tent that will accommodate 400 listeners. Maazel will lead all-Italian, all-French and all-Beethoven programs and will share the podium with conducting fellows in an American program.
Festival participants also will give three chamber recitals at the Theatre at Washington in nearby Washington, VA.
Tickets for the festival, individually priced at $20-$85, also available in several multi-event packages, will go on sale on March 20. Tickets may be ordered from the festival box office at (866) 974-0767 or via www.castletonfestival.org
Castleton’s 2010 schedule:
July 2 (7 p.m., Theatre House) – Puccini: "Il Trittico" ("Il Tabarro," "Suor Angelica," "Gianni Schicchi"), Lorin Maazel conducting. (Gala dinner included.)
July 3 (2 p.m., Theatre House) – Britten: "The Turn of the Screw," Timothy Myers conducting.
July 3 (7 p.m., festival tent) – Castleton Festival Orchestra, Maazel conducting. Respighi: "The Pines of Rome," "The Fountains of Rome;" works by Rossini, Verdi, Puccini.
July 4 (2 p.m., Theatre House) – "Il Trittico."
July 5 (7 p.m., The Theatre at Washington) – chamber program by festival participants.
July 8 (7:30 p.m., Theatre House) – "The Turn of the Screw."
July 9 (7:30 p.m., Theatre House) – "Il Tabarro," "Gianni Schicchi."
July 10 (2 p.m., Theatre House) – "Suor Angelica."
July 10 (7 p.m., festival tent) – Castleton Festival Orchestra, Maazel conducting. Works by Berlioz, Debussy, Ravel.
July 11 (2 p.m., Theatre House) – "Il Tabarro," "Gianni Schicchi."
July 11 (7 p.m., Theatre House) – "The Turn of the Screw."
July 12 (7 p.m., The Theatre at Washington) – chamber program by festival participants.
July 15 (7:30 p.m., Theatre House) – Gay-Pepusch/Britten: "The Beggar’s Opera," Maazel conducting.
July 16 (7:30 p.m., festival tent) – Maazel Master Class Concert. Gershwin: "An American in Paris," Maazel conducting; works by Barber, Bernstein, Copland led by conducting fellows.
July 17 (7 p.m., Theatre House) – "The Beggar’s Opera."
July 18 (2 p.m., Theatre House) – "Il Trittico."
July 19 (7 p.m., The Theatre at Washington) – chamber program by festival participants.
July 22 (7:30 p.m., Theatre House) – "Suor Angelica," "Gianni Schicchi."
July 23 (7:30 p.m., Theatre House) – Stravinsky: "L’histoire du soldat;" De Falla: "Master Pedro’s Puppet Show," Maazel conducting, with puppets by Emily DeCola and Eric Wright of the Puppet Kitchen.
July 24 (7 p.m., Theatre House) – "Il Trittico."
July 25 (2 p.m., Theatre House) – "L’histoire du soldat," "Master Pedro’s Puppet Show."
July 25 (7 p.m., festival tent) – Castleton Festival Orchestra, Maazel conducting. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2, 3 ("Eroica").