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Castleton
Festival:
Got it
right the
first time
Maybe it was the llamas in
the lobby of the tent at intermission. Maybe it was singer Matthew Curran, who never missed a beat at the late night cabaret despite the storm that created a thundering wall of rain between him and the laughing, cheering audience. Or the finely-timed productions of rarely heard operas in a setting as intimate as one could possibly wish for. Or perhaps it was simply the jubilant energy of young musicians who had come from three continents to meld their individual sounds into one vibrant, breathing unit under , the baton of one of the world’s true geniuses.
Whatever it was, there was something extraordinary going on at the new Castleton Festival that created a wave of enormous delight for those who were lucky enough to be there during its opening summer season earlier this month.
The Chateauville Foundation that Lorin and Dietlinde Maazel founded in 1997 has been presenting events during the year for some time, and has presented operas before, but this year was the beginning of this next phase. Critics from New' York and Washington wrote glowdngly about the festival, joining the throngs of music-lovers and visiting professionals that came from all over the world to be part of the celebration of chamber operas by Benjamin Britten, master classes in conducting, and mentoring young musical talent.
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