The ensemble in the 2025 Glimmerglass Festival production of "Tosca."

Adrian Kramer as Tom Rakewell (front) and Tzytle Steinman as Mother Goose (back) with members of the ensemble in the 2025 Glimmerglass Festival production of "The Rake's Progress."

John Riddle (L) as George and Marina Pires as Dot (far R) with the Ensemble in the 2025 Glimmerglass Festival Production of "Sunday in the Park with George."

The 2024 production of "La Calisto" with Eve Gigliotti as Juno and Emilie Kealani as Calisto at the Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown.

Kellan Dunlap as Sellem and Aleksey Bogdanov as Nick Shadow with members of the ensemble in the 2025 Glimmerglass Festival production of "The Rake's Progress."

Earlier this summer, I returned to Cooperstown to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Glimmerglass Festival, a place that, quite simply, changed the course of my life. Standing once again on their majestic campus, I was inspired to reflect on my own journey as a performer and as a person, as well as the impact the festival has had on the world of opera.

That journey........

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