The Fisher Center by Frank Gehry.

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Frank Gehry (1929 – 2025), architect of the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College. We owe him an incalculable debt of gratitude, and will honor his memory for as long as live performance flourishes at the Fisher Center.

We are excited to announce that the we have been awarded a grant by the New York State Council on the Arts for FY26. We are proud to be among the 2,400 grantees across NY who were awarded in this cycle. Thank you to all those in NYS leadership who believe the arts are indeed essential.

Images are from re/presentare's ongoing project "Tlamachtiloyan" as part of Evidence: an international festival by Fisher Center LAB, in association with the Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College. Webinar talk this Friday: chra.bard.edu/event/prefur...

The @fishercenterbard.bsky.social at Bard, one of the country’s leading multidisciplinary producing houses, partners with Bard College Center for Indigenous Studies to present a concert from Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band on November 1 in the Sosnoff Theater. Learn more and get your tickets now.

Attended another splendid music event @fishercenterbard: Bohuslav Martinů’s brilliant, absurdist/surreal opera, Julietta (1938). With its magnificent score performed by the American Symphony Orchestra–Leon Botstein conducting, powerful singers, and opera buffa counterpoints, it was, well, a dream.

Starting tonight! Join us for the second weekend (August 14–17) of the 35th Bard Music Festival: Martinů and His World. Explore the concerts and events at bit.ly/bard-music-festival. 📸: Matt Dine

This Sunday at 3 pm only! 🔸 The Bard Music Festival presents a semi-staged production of the opera Julietta—Martinů’s surreal psychological drama—drawing the season to a gripping close. 🔗 Book now at bit.ly/bmf25-p11.

“The Bard Music Festival’s exploration of Martinů invites audiences to discover one of the most distinct and delightful voices of his time” — @nytimes.com Read Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim’s report on the first weekend of Martinů and His World, and a preview of what’s ahead for Weekend Two.

The 35th Bard Music Festival begins tonight, kicking off two weekends of concerts, panels, and events exploring the music, life, and world of Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959). 🎶 🔗 Explore the festival at bit.ly/bard-music-festival.

“Impressive. Dramatic. Ingenious.” @wsj.com “Dalibor stuns at Bard.” @bachtrack.com Only two chances remain to see Dalibor—Smetana’s rarely heard operatic masterpiece—at Bard SummerScape. Today at 4 pm Sunday at 2 pm 🔗 Book now at bit.ly/dalibor-su25. 📸: Maria Baranova

Almost rescued from tyranny: Smetena's Dalibor stuns at Bard @fishercenterbard.bsky.social ✍️ Robert Levine bachtrack.com/review-smeta...

Only three chances remain to see Dalibor—Smetana’s rarely heard operatic masterpiece—at Bard SummerScape. Tomorrow, July 30 at 2 pm* Friday, August 1 at 4 pm Sunday, August 3 at 2 pm *This performance will also be livestreamed at 2 pm EDT. 🔗 Book now at bit.ly/dalibor-su25. 📸: Maria Baranova

The Fisher Center has added another treasure to its unrivalled repertoire. Today’s performance of Dalibor was splendid. Everything about it was precise and transporting—direction, diction (in Czech), design, the music, conducted by Leon Botstein, and the voices, oh the voices! Magic on the Hudson.

Bard’s decades-long history of presenting noteworthy, rarely performed operas continues tonight with the first fully staged U.S. production of Bedřich Smetana’s Dalibor. 🖤⚔️ Don't miss this year’s SummerScape opera. 🔗 Book your tickets now at bit.ly/dalibor-su25. 📷: Maria Baranova

“Now that we free / Who we gonna be?” 🪽✨ Last weekend, audiences got a special first glimpse of Jubilee—a musical in the making by Suzan-Lori Parks. Jubilee is the first Fisher Center LAB Civis Hope Commission, an endowed fund for major new performing arts works that explore the subject of hope.

💥 Exclusive first look: Dalibor 💥 Bard’s decades-long history of presenting noteworthy, rarely performed operas continues next weekend with the first fully staged U.S. production of Bedřich Smetana’s Dalibor. 🔗 Book now at bit.ly/dalibor-su25. 🎥: A Doll’s House Pictures

Maestro Leon Botstein introduces this year’s SummerScape Opera—Bedřich Smetana’s rarely heard Dalibor, a powerful Czech opera that weaves themes of revenge, love, and fate. Experience Dalibor at Bard SummerScape, July 25 – August 3. 🔗 Learn more and book now at bit.ly/dalibor-su25.

Bard SummerScape’s Pastoral, the latest work by choreographer-in-residence Pam Tanowitz in collaboration with composer Caroline Shaw and visual artist Sarah Crowner, combines music and design in “fresh and delightfully unpredictable ways,” writes the @nytimes.com. @fishercenterbard.bsky.social

Pastoral is a New York Times Critic’s Pick. 💥 “The latest work by the choreographer Pam Tanowitz combines music and design in fresh and delightfully unpredictable ways...’Pastoral’ was not a place I wanted to leave.” —Brian Seibert for @nytimes.com

🎥 Watch now: the trailer for the world premiere of Pastoral, a new dance performance inspired by Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony. Experience the world premiere of Pastoral this weekend at SummerScape, June 27–29. 🔗 Book now at bit.y/pastoral-su25. 📹: A Doll’s House Pictures

Pastoral—a major new collaboration between Fisher Center LAB Choreographer in Residence Pam Tanowitz, visual artist Sarah Crowner, and composer Caroline Shaw—makes its world premiere this weekend at Bard SummerScape, June 27–29 only. Read the @nytimes.com profile on Pastoral below. ⬇️

Co-Artistic Directors Leon Botstein and Christopher H. Gibbs introduce this year’s Bard Music Festival, dedicated to the 20th century’s foremost Czech composer, Bohuslav Martinů. 🔗 Learn more about Martinů and His World at bit.ly/bard-music-festival.

The Cristal Roxy has risen! 🏗️🦺🔮 Arriving from Belgium by way of Los Angeles in two 40-foot ocean shipping containers, our incredible crew has spent this week building our enchanting mirrored pavilion for another spectacular season. ⭐️🔗 Learn more about the Spiegletent at bit.ly/spiegeltent-bard.

“‘Pastoral’ follows in the wake of other Pam Tanowitz pieces birthed at Bard, including ‘Four Quartets,’ which built on T. S. Eliot and left critics’ mouths agape in admiration, and 2022’s Bible-inspired ‘Song of Songs.’” Pastoral is one of @washingtonpost.com’s best dance shows to see this summer.

Fisher Center LAB Choreographer in Residence Pam Tanowitz discusses the dancers and development of Pastoral, her new work for this year’s Bard SummerScape. Experience the world premiere of Pastoral, June 27–29 only. 🔗 Learn more and book now at bit.ly/pastoral-su25. 🎥: A Doll’s House Pictures

Caroline Shaw discusses composing the music for Pastoral, premiering at this year’s Bard SummerScape. Experience the world premiere of Pastoral, June 27–29 only. 🔗 Learn more and book now at bit.ly/pastoral-su25. 🎥: A Doll’s House Pictures

Sarah Crowner discusses the concept and process of designing the stage décor for Pastoral, premiering at this year’s Bard SummerScape. Experience the world premiere of Pastoral, June 27–29 only. 🔗 Learn more and book now at bit.ly/pastoral-su25. 🎥: A Doll’s House Pictures

Fisher Center LAB Choreographer in Residence Pam Tanowitz introduces Pastoral, her new work for this year’s Bard SummerScape. Experience the world premiere of Pastoral, June 27–29 only. 🔗 Learn more and book now at bit.ly/pastoral-su25. 🎥: A Doll’s House Pictures

On sale now! See you at the Spiegeltent this summer. 🪩🍸✨ Explore the season and book now at bit.ly/spiegeltent-bard. 🎥: A Doll’s House Pictures

Pastoral makes its world premiere at Bard SummerScape, June 27–29. 🌿 Choreography by Pam Tanowitz Décor by Sarah Crowner Music by Caroline Shaw Featuring Pam Tanowitz Dance Inspired by Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral” 🔗 Learn more at bit.ly/pastoral-su25. 📸: Maria Baranova

Congratulations to Brokentalkers and Adrienne Truscott for opening Masterclass at the Fisher Center! 🎭 🖊️ Don’t miss this strictly limited engagement, through this Sunday, April 6 only. 🔗 Book your tickets at bit.ly/masterclass-bard. 📸: Ste Murray

Honored to announce @fishercenterbard.bsky.social ‘s new commissioning program on the subject of Hope, with a founding gift from the Civis Foundation. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/a... Inspired in part by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social !

“Hope may seem daring in this age of angst and uncertainty, but it is at the heart of three major new works coming to the Fisher Center at Bard.” —The New York Times Fisher Center LAB has received a landmark gift from Civis Foundation to establish The Civis Hope Commissions.

“'Masterclass,' the product of this serendipitous partnership between the self-described 'fed-up feminist' and 'all-around good guy,' is another skewering of the patriarchal performing world and, in turn, the greater world around it."

Don't miss your chance to learn from the master. 🖊️ 🎭 Limited engagement! Brokentalkers & Adrienne Truscott's Masterclass runs at the Fisher Center from April 3–6 only. 🔗 bit.ly/masterclass-bard

Masterclass co-creator and performer Adrienne Truscott was recently profiled in @chronogram.bsky.social, detailing her journey from emerging as a young artist in 1990s NYC to receiving international acclaim for her cutting-edge performances. Masterclass runs at the Fisher Center April 3–6 only.

On sale now! 📣 Bard SummerScape returns June 27 – August 17. Highlights include the world premiere of Pastoral, Smetana’s rarely-heard opera Dalibor, and the 35th Bard Music Festival, Martinů and His World. 🔗 Explore the season and book your tickets now at bit.ly/bardsummerscape. #SummerScape2025