Fri, Aug 13 at 5p & 6p

Sat, Aug 14 and Sun, Aug 15
at 4p, 5p & 6p TICKETS

At each presentation, three short plays are staged in three secret locations near the Opera House, with audiences traveling by car to reach each performance site.

Total running time—including the three plays and travel to each performance site—is expected to be approximately 90 minutes.

Please take note that to reach each performance location, audiences will be also walking a short distance across grass that is sometimes gently sloping. For whom this may be a concern, please write info@ancramoperahouse.org so that we can make accommodations.

At each play location, blankets and some seating will be provided. Audiences are also welcome to bring their own seating, if preferred, or to stand. Each individual piece has a running time of approximately 20 minutes.

We are THRILLED to announce that we will now be able to offer all BOF 2021 season performances at FULL CAPACITY! Ticket sales for Falstaff and Glory Denied are open now. Reservations for Much Ado About Shakespeare can be made through The Mount’s website. Use the links below to learn more and to get your tickets today!

SECOND-STAGE OPERA

Based on the novel by Tom Philpott, this stirring drama is based on the true story of Vietnam veteran and America’s longest-held prisoner of war, Colonel Jim Thompson.

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FREE CONCERT

Join BOF for an evening of music inspired by the great William Shakespeare, performed by members of our internationally renowned cast of Falstaff.

MAINSTAGE OPERA

The crown jewel of our season! Falstaff, Verdi’s last opera and one of the world’s greatest comedies, will feature an all-star cast alongside the BOF Orchestra and Chorus.

Tickets for BOF’s 2021 indoor productions of Glory Denied and Falstaff are both available for purchase through the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center box office.

Click on the buttons below to learn more about our 2021 season productions. Meet the acclaimed artists returning to the BOF stage this summer, and get to know some exciting new voices!

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Glory Denied Much Ado About Shakespeare Falstaff

You can learn more about our COVID-19 audience safety protocols and ticketing logistics here.

Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano, whose electrifying combination of warmth, wit, swing, and sensuality have made them the nightclub world’s most celebrated team, are every bit as entertaining as they are musically savvy.

Although this married musical duo has been compared to Bobby Short and Lena Horne, Fred and Ginger, and Lunt and Fontanne, the “golden couple’s” style is all their own, with a wide
choice of material that brings the generations together. Their repertoire runs the gamut from Cole Porter to Paul Simon, from Duke Ellington to Joni Mitchell, from Sinatra to Sting. Eric and Barbara make all of it fresh, new, spontaneous, and fun — and their audiences feel they’ve been to a terrific party where the music and the stories have been equally great. Regular performers at New York’s most prestigious clubs and concert halls, Eric and Barbara’s cozy New York apartment is filled with awards for their concerts and recordings. Winners of 8 MAC Awards, 5 New York Bistro Awards and the New York Nightlife Award, most recently they were honored for the fourth time with the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) award for Major Duo Artists. Barbara’s latest CDs, “WRITTEN IN THE STARS” and “BUSY BEING FREE”, were both awarded the MAC Award for Recording of the Year. Their fast-paced and swinging concerts of songs from the jazz and pop songbooks have been hailed as “exhilarating” and “witty” by The New York Times, and have had audiences standing and cheering from coast to coast and in London.