Upcoming Events
Opera at the Stable
An Unforgettable Afternoon at Haras de Vess Stable!
🐎 Live Dressage Performances — Watch the grace and precision of world-class dressage horses at Haras de Vess.
🐎 Stadium Jumping — Feel the thrill as riders and horses soar through an exhilarating stadium jumping course.
🎼 Live Opera Singers - Stephanie Shelden, Ashley Ruckman, Brendan Boyle, and Peter Volpe
🍰 Traditional High Tea Service — Elegant English High Tea, served on vintage china with delicate pastries, scones, and fine teas.
🎩 Kentucky Derby-Inspired Attire Encouraged — Break out your finest hat and dress to impress! Add your own flair and fun to this unforgettable afternoon.
Opera at the Stable
An Unforgettable Afternoon at Haras de Vess Stable!
🐎 Live Dressage Performances — Watch the grace and precision of world-class dressage horses at Haras de Vess.
🐎 Stadium Jumping — Feel the thrill as riders and horses soar through an exhilarating stadium jumping course.
🎼 Live Opera Singers - Stephanie Shelden, Ashley Ruckman, Brendan Boyle, and Peter Volpe
🍰 Traditional High Tea Service — Elegant English High Tea, served on vintage china with delicate pastries, scones, and fine teas.
🎩 Kentucky Derby-Inspired Attire Encouraged — Break out your finest hat and dress to impress! Add your own flair and fun to this unforgettable afternoon.
Opera is for a lifetime, not just a minute.
Kiri Te Kanawa
Opera is for a lifetime, not just a minute.
Kiri Te Kanawa
Past performances
Hansel and Gretel
In this enchanting operatic adaptation of the classic fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel are two hungry children living in poverty with their broom-maker father and mother. Sent into the woods to gather strawberries, they become lost as night falls. Protected by angels as they sleep, they awaken to discover a magical house made entirely of sweets – a child's dream come true, or so it seems.
But this sugary paradise hides a dark secret: a wicked Witch who lures children into her gingerbread house to capture and eat them. Using their wits and courage, Hansel and Gretel must outsmart the Witch to save themselves and free other children from her evil spell. This timeless tale of bravery, loyalty, faith, and the triumph of good over evil is brought to life with beautiful music and captivating performances. Join us for an unforgettable journey into a world where the power of love and courage, full of life lessons for children and adults alike, overcomes the direst of perils.
Rusalka
Rusalka, a lovely water nymph, falls in love with a human Prince and seeks help from the witch, Ježibaba, to become human in order to win his love. Ježibaba grants her wish but warns that if Rusalka fails to win the Prince's love, she'll be cursed and the Prince forever damned. As a part of the pact, Rusalka loses her voice in the transformation. The Prince, captivated by the beautiful but silent Rusalka, takes her to his castle. However, he soon becomes frustrated by her silence and is drawn to a Foreign Princess. At a ball, Rusalka watches, heartbroken, as the Prince dances with the Foreign Princess, ultimately rejecting Rusalka when she tries to embrace him.
Devastated, Rusalka returns to the lake. Ježibaba offers her a knife to kill the Prince and save herself, but Rusalka refuses. The remorseful Prince, realizing his love for Rusalka, seeks her at the lake, where she warns him that her kiss would now be deadly. Accepting his fate, he pleads for her kiss and dies, blissful, in her arms. The tale concludes with Rusalka asking for God's mercy on the Prince's soul as she sinks back into the lake.
Candide
April 2024
Inspired by Voltaire's eponymous novella, the story follows the adventures of the innocent Candide on a quest for meaning and happiness in a world ravaged by absurdity and chaos.
La Bohème
November 2023
Inspired by Henry Murger’s novel Scenes de la vie de Bohème, four struggling bohemians – a poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher are living together in Paris, when one freezing Christmas Eve their lives are changed forever.
Caroline Campbell
September 2023
The illustrious "Violinist to the Stars," Caroline Campbell, returns for another extraordinary concert experience!
Hansel and Gretel
In this enchanting operatic adaptation of the classic fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel are two hungry children living in poverty with their broom-maker father and mother. Sent into the woods to gather strawberries, they become lost as night falls. Protected by angels as they sleep, they awaken to discover a magical house made entirely of sweets – a child's dream come true, or so it seems.
But this sugary paradise hides a dark secret: a wicked Witch who lures children into her gingerbread house to capture and eat them. Using their wits and courage, Hansel and Gretel must outsmart the Witch to save themselves and free other children from her evil spell. This timeless tale of bravery, loyalty, faith, and the triumph of good over evil is brought to life with beautiful music and captivating performances. Join us for an unforgettable journey into a world where the power of love and courage, full of life lessons for children and adults alike, overcomes the direst of perils.
Rusalka
Rusalka, a lovely water nymph, falls in love with a human Prince and seeks help from the witch, Ježibaba, to become human in order to win his love. Ježibaba grants her wish but warns that if Rusalka fails to win the Prince's love, she'll be cursed and the Prince forever damned. As a part of the pact, Rusalka loses her voice in the transformation. The Prince, captivated by the beautiful but silent Rusalka, takes her to his castle. However, he soon becomes frustrated by her silence and is drawn to a Foreign Princess. At a ball, Rusalka watches, heartbroken, as the Prince dances with the Foreign Princess, ultimately rejecting Rusalka when she tries to embrace him.
Devastated, Rusalka returns to the lake. Ježibaba offers her a knife to kill the Prince and save herself, but Rusalka refuses. The remorseful Prince, realizing his love for Rusalka, seeks her at the lake, where she warns him that her kiss would now be deadly. Accepting his fate, he pleads for her kiss and dies, blissful, in her arms. The tale concludes with Rusalka asking for God's mercy on the Prince's soul as she sinks back into the lake.
Candide
April 2024
Inspired by Voltaire's eponymous novella, the story follows the adventures of the innocent Candide on a quest for meaning and happiness in a world ravaged by absurdity and chaos.
La Bohème
November 2023
Inspired by Henry Murger’s novel Scenes de la vie de Bohème, four struggling bohemians – a poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher are living together in Paris, when one freezing Christmas Eve their lives are changed forever.
Caroline Campbell
September 2023
The illustrious "Violinist to the Stars," Caroline Campbell, returns for another extraordinary concert experience!
“Everybody is always in the middle of their own opera”
Greta Gerwig
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“Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.”
Robert Benchley
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“To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion – and above all, the passion.”
Andrea Bocelli
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“Be a voice, not an echo.”
Albert Einstein
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