Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory Announces 2026 Season
...novels by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. The workshops will conclude with a public presentation of excerpts from each new work, followed by a conversation with the creators. Lorèn will remain in residence throughout the remainder of the season, and a presentation of 60 minutes of music from Anne of Green Gables will be given. The final ten days of the company’s season will be dedicated to an orchestral workshop of Herschel Garfein’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, based on the play by the late...
Chautauqua Opera and Conservatory Eyes 2025 Shift to New American Workshops
...and pedagogical priorities at Chautauqua. Our planning efforts and conversations intend to ensure that.” *The Chautauqua Community joins the world in mourning the passing of Marlena Malas on December 4, 2023. We honor her more than four decades of leadership and service to our Opera Conservatory. About Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua Institution is a not-for-profit, 750-acre community on Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York State, where approximately 7,500 persons are in residence on any day during...
Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory Announces 2025 Season
Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory, the resident opera company and conservatory of Chautauqua Institution, announced today its 2025 season. Chautauqua Opera Company For its 2025 season, Chautauqua Opera continues its 95-year history of producing opera at Chautauqua Institution while also strengthening its commitment to developing new opera. Alongside a production of Puccini’s La bohème in Chautauqua’s Amphitheater, the company will conduct workshops of three new operas. Ranging from chamber operas to large-scale pieces, these workshops...
Six EV Charging Plugs Added to Chautauqua Institution Campus in Advance of Retool ’23 Conference
...collaborates with customers toward a shared, clean energy transition, and are central to the company’s Project C initiative, which was created to inspire change and create a more equitable future for our customers and our communities. ### About Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua Institution is a not-for-profit, 750-acre community on Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York State, where approximately 7,500 persons are in residence on any day during a nine-week season, and a total of more than...
Jaquira Díaz
...more difficult than she imagined, and she soon finds herself struggling to make a home for herself, for Rey, his young brother Tito, and eventually, their daughter Nena. Until one fateful day changes everything. Fifteen years later, Maricarmen and Nena find themselves in the middle of a murder investigation as the community that once rallied to support Rey turns against them. Now Nena, a teenager haunted by loss and betrayal and exploring her sexual identity,...
Jade King Carroll Appointed as Producing Artistic Director of Chautauqua Theater Company
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution today announced the appointment of the celebrated director Jade King Carroll as Producing Artistic Director of its resident Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) following an extensive national search. In this role, Carroll will program and oversee the company’s robust annual summer season of professional productions, a growing new work development program, and a renowned conservatory that supports early-career artists. Based in New York City, Carroll is currently the resident artist at...
Jordan Steves Named Emily and Richard Smucker Chair
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. August 29, 2023 – Following a national search, Chautauqua Institution today announced the appointment of Jordan Steves as Emily and Richard Smucker Chair of Education. Steves has been serving as Interim Smucker Chair since March. Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer Deborah Sunya Moore said Steves’s legacy of service and leadership position Chautauqua to build on the strengths of these core education programs. “This position is about preserving the depth of history,...
George Saunders
The recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, and numerous literary awards, George Saunders is the celebrated author of a novel, four collections of short stories, a novella, a book of essays and a children’s book. His most recent collection, Liberation Day, is a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics and justice, cutting to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. It is...
Opening Night with Wynonna Judd and Melissa Etheridge
...tax (gratuities not included). Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to combine world-class entertainment with timeless hospitality — secure your stay today! Package Price Rates starting at $489 per room* Package Includes Lodging at the historic Athenaeum Hotel located on Chautauqua Lake Two Chautauqua Institution Gate Passes (includes concert) Dinner on Saturday, breakfast and brunch on Sunday at Heirloom Restaurant** Parking Book now *Offer based on availability and price changes based on dates booked. This offer cannot...
E.J. Dionne, Jr. and Christine Emba
...and Brookings Institution, each featuring experts from both organizations. Later in the day at 2:00 p.m., Dionne will be speaking at the Hall of Philosophy for the Interfaith Lecture Series. E.J. Dionne, Jr. is a senior fellow and the W. Averell Harriman Chair in American Governance in the Governance Studies program at Brookings. He is also a Distinguished University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at Georgetown University, affiliated with the McCourt School...