Verdi, Handel, Strauss, Bernstein...

Wolf Trap's 2008 season has had its official unveiling, so this summer's opera schedule is now public!

Start here.

Links for details on individual shows:

• Verdi's Un giorno di regno [The Barns - June 13, 15(m), 17]


• Handel's Alcina [The Barns - July 11, 13(m), 15]


• Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos [The Barns - August 15, 17(m), 19]


• Bernstein's Candide in concert with the National Symphony Orchestra [Filene Center - July 6]


• WTOC & Steven Blier at The Barns in Happy Birthday to Two: Celebrating Bernstein & Bolcom [May 31] and Tales from the Vienna Woods [July 19]


• Instant Opera! at the Children's Theatre-in-the-Woods [July 15-19]

Tickets available starting March 29.

More detail and backstory on each project in the weeks to come.

I'm on "vacation" in Blacksburg VA today, starting the wind-up pitch that will land my younger child in college next fall :) I'll post again later this week from the recording studio, where we're mastering Volpone!