When eminent conductor Lorin Maazel passed away suddenly at Castleton Farms last July, many wondered what might happen to the fledgling music festival that he founded on his Virginia estate in 2009. Would the Castleton Festival go on without its most ardent and illustrious advocate?
It is gratifying, then, to see Dietlinde Turban Maazel's announcement about the festival's upcoming 2015 summer season, taking place July 2 - August 2, 2015. Turban Maazel, wife of the late conductor and an award-winning actress, was recently named the festival's artistic and executive director.
The 2015 season will showcase Castleton's rising stars alongside world-renowned artists in new productions of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, Ravel's L'heure espagnole (The Spanish Hour), a world premiere of Derrick Wang's comic opera Scalia/Ginsburg and a Castleton production of Thornton Wilder's classic play Our Town.
As previously announced, Jazz at Lincoln Center, in conjunction with JALC founder Wynton Marsalis, is hosting a summer Jazz Academy residency for high school musicians, who will present four concerts at Castleton from July 19-August 2. The residency will culminate with a performance by Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
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