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The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra Knows How to Turn Something Old Into Something New

July 2, 2019 By R Birkel

The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra

The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra continues to play music written before and during the 18th century on period instruments to sold out crowds. The orchestra’s string instruments are strung with catgut, which gives them a lighter texture. In addition to violins and violas, other instruments included a harpsichord, violincello, violone (an early form of the […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Barouque Music, The Princeton Festival, The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra

“Nixon in China” in Princeton, NJ

June 27, 2019 By R Birkel

I was amazed that The Princeton Festival brought Nixon in China to town. There haven’t been many productions of this opera, so I applaud Artistic Director, Richard Tang Yuk for making this wise decision. Steven LaCosse’s regulates the fluidity of the stage nicely. There is a lot of action and a large chorus to navigate, […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Nixon in China, Opera, The Princeton Festival

Falling For The Princeton Festival’s “She Loves Me”

June 14, 2019 By R Birkel

James Conrad Smith, She Loves Me cast Shannon Rakow, Amy Weintraub, Tommy MacDonell, Aaron Gooden

She Loves Me is a musical romantic comedy that takes place in a fragrance shop in Budapest, which is an adaptation of the 1937 play Parfumerie by Hungarian playwright Miklós László. The Maraczek’s Parfumerie shop employees arrive every morning, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, singing Good Morning, Good Day. They set up shop and then eagerly try […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Musical, She Loves Me, The Matthews Acting Studio, The Princeton Festival

The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra Gave Us a Throwback

June 23, 2017 By R Birkel

The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra

The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra debuted in 2015. They play music written before and during the 18th century on instruments of that time. Most of the musicians have a common link of having studied at the Jacob School of Music of Indiana University in Bloomington or playing with the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra. This is apparent by how […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Review Tagged With: The Princeton Festival, The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra

The Princeton Festival Marches Fidelio Into Town

June 21, 2017 By R Birkel

The Princeton Festival Fidelio at mcCarter Theatre with Noah Baetge, Marcy Stonikas, Gustav Andreassen, Danielle Talamantes. Joseph Batton, Michael Kuhn and Cameron Jackson

U.S. protests have increased this year, making Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio very relevant in 2017 since it begins with a protest against injustice. Ultimately, it’s a story of love, freedom, hope, and justice. This opera goes beyond amusement. It makes a statement. Fidelio was part of a trend in the early 1800s to pen operas about women […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Review Tagged With: McCarter Theatre, The Princeton Festival

The Princeton Festival is Not Just Dreaming of Man of La Mancha

June 14, 2017 By R Birkel

Sandra Marante and Jesse Malgieri in The Princeton Festival Man of La Mancha

To dream the impossible dream, the first line in the main song of Man of La Mancha is something in which many of us are guilty. When we reach too high for the stars, we set ourselves up for disappointment. It’s inspiring and devastating. The Princeton Festival brings Man of La Mancha to the Lewis […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Review Tagged With: Lewis Center for the Arts, Man of La Mancha, Matthews Acting Studio, The Princeton Festival

The Princeton Festival Seeks Host Families for Artists and Staff

April 21, 2017 By R Birkel

The Princeton Festival - Le Nozzi di Figaro - The Marriage of Figaro with Ricardo Lugo as Bartolo, Kathryn Krasovec as Marcellina, Jonathan Lasch as Figaro, Haeran Hong as Susanna

For the last 12 years, there has been a festival of the arts in town held in June called The Princeton Festival. It offers fully-staged operas performed at McCarter Theatre on the Matthews stage, musical theater in the intimate Matthews Acting Studio in the Lewis Center for the Arts on campus,  a jazz concert, chamber music, symphonic […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment Tagged With: The Princeton Festival

Peter Grimes – For Both Fans and Non-Fans of Opera

June 23, 2016 By R Birkel

The Princeton Festival Peter Grimes at McCarter Theatre Center

The Princeton Festival presents Benjamin Britten’s opera Peter Grimes, directed by Steven LaCosse. Opera fans will most likely purchase tickets because they know the quality of a Princeton Festival production, and for the opportunity to watch a quality opera locally. Those who are not fans of opera might want to reconsider this year for a few reasons. […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment Tagged With: Princeton NJ, The Princeton Festival

‘A Little Night Music’ is a Lot of Fun!

June 14, 2016 By R Birkel

The Princeton Festival's A Little Night Music

The Princeton Festival has chosen A Little Night Music directed by Diana Basmajian as its musical for 2016. The Broadway production won four Tony Awards in 1973 , including Best Musical, and was adapted for film in 1977, so it’s no wonder that the ENTIRE RUN is sold out. The Matthew’s Acting Studio within the Lewis Center for the Arts is the […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment Tagged With: Musical in Princeton, The Princeton Festival

The 2016 Season of The Princeton Festival

March 4, 2016 By R Birkel

The Princeton Festival Artistic Director Richard Tang Yuk

The Princeton Festival is a world-class summer festival of performing arts. It extends Princeton’s cultural season into June, and has offered fully staged operas, musical theater, jazz, chamber music, symphonic concerts, piano, organ and vocal recitals, dance, world music, and a piano competition since 2005. The 2016 season will run from June 4 – 26. It kicks off […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment Tagged With: Performing Arts in Princeton NJ, The Princeton Festival

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