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Offenbach’s magical anthology opera launches ‘Live in HD’ series – JH News&Guide

Romantic, fantastic and, in the end, humanly tragic, Jacques Offenbach’s opera “The Tales of Hoffman” turned out to be an apt though ambiguous finale to the life of its prodigious, prolific composer. And it’s a fun opener to the Grand Teton Music Festival’s four-part presentation of the Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 “Live in HD” series. “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” screens at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Center for the Arts theater, with tenor Benjamin Bernheim singing the role of the titular poet, who is loosely based on the great German critic, artist, composer and author E.T.A. Hoffman.

Press Release: Grand Teton Music Festival Marks Record-Breaking Summer in 2024

The Grand Teton Music Festival (GTMF) celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Walk Festival Hall this past summer, and in doing so, achieved a 13% increase in attendance over last year’s festival, as well as a nearly 20% increase in ticket income. Over the eight-week festival, which ran from June 27 through August 17, the Festival Orchestra, Chamber Music, and Gateway series performances, plus education and engagement activities, totaled more than 100 musical experiences that reached more than 22,000 people in and around Jackson and the Teton community.

Magical Mozart – JH News&Guide

Some magic seems necessary to bring Mozart’s music and Emanuel Schikaneder’s libretto alive — or at least a heck of a lot of forethought, vision, preparation and expertise. With veteran stage director David Lefkowich and GTMF Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles, the Music Festival pulls together the talents of scores of artists to do just that in its Walk Festival Hall.

Coombs kids strum their stuff Friday at Walk Hall – JH News&Guide

A baker’s dozen of third, fourth and fifth graders will show off the fruits of a season’s worth of music lessons and practice sessions when the Coombs Ukulele Club performs outside Walk Festival Hall in Teton Village on Friday. A collaboration between the Grand Teton Music Festival and nonprofit Coombs Outdoors, the ukesters will convene for a 6:30 p.m. program for friends, family and supporters on the north side of the Music Festival’s home venue.

Penultimate GTMF program features 2 new faces – JH News&Guide

Slovak conductor Juraj Valcuha, the music director of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, will take the baton to lead the Festival Orchestra in works by Melody Eötvös and Béla Bartók. Then, Russian-born pianist Anna Geniushene, the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition silver medalist, will join the group to solo on Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

Fest fetes hall’s 50th with Yo-Yo Ma – JH News&Guide

Yo-Yo Ma, now 68, will be the featured guest for the Grand Teton Music Festival’s 50th anniversary celebration of Walk Festival Hall, joining Music Director Donald Runnicles and the Festival Orchestra in Haydn’s Concerto for Cello in C Major.

Violinist Koh champions new concerto – JH News&Guide

On Friday and Saturday, (Jennifer Koh) will perform the 2022 violin concerto, “Procession,” which composer and friend Missy Mazzoli wrote just for her. Also on the weekend program, guest conductor Dalia Stasevska will lead the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra in a symphonic dance by Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) and the Symphony No. 2 in D Major by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957).