The Performing Arts Shine in Cooperstown / Otsego County

Glimmerglass Opera is the area's best-known performing arts venue. This internationally-acclaimed summer music theater is dedicated "to produce new, little known, and familiar operas..."

The company's Alice Busch Opera Theater is located along the shores of Otsego Lake, which James Fenimore Cooper dubbed "Glimmerglass." Unusual sliding walls allow the audience to enjoy the fresh air and views of the surrounding countryside.

The 2006 performances include Pirates of Penzance, The Barber of Seville, The Greater Good, and Jenufa. This repertory presentation includes matinees and evening performances (607-547-2255).

The Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival includes a series of 10 performances in 2006, which take place at various venues around the county - which makes for even greater interest! The concerts include soloists, jazz, woodwind, and more (cooperstownmusicfest.org).

The Leatherstocking Theatre Company will present two of its 2006 plays at Historic Hyde Hall, located at the northern end of Otsego Lake. Those performances include "On Golden Pond" in July and "Sleuth" in August. This professional summer theater also has its own home in a refurbished barn just north of Cooperstown. (leatherstockingtheatre.org)

Musicals are the mainstay of Orpheus Theater, which presents its shows at various venues in Oneonta. The big Oneonta performing arts story is the development of the Foothills Performing Arts Center, a state-of-the-arts and education center. With the first phase complete, this $12 million project will be the home of a 600-seat auditorium and a series of multi-purpose areas, dinner theatre and much more.

The Cooperstown Concert Series and Oneonta Concert Association draw big names to our area during the off-season, so if you're planning on being here during the late fall, winter, early spring, be sure to find out what they've got planned.

The Susquehanna Contra Dancers offer programs - including learning the art of contra dancing- all year.

A complete arts calendar can be viewed at www.uccca.org.

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