The Princeton Festival is back with a full month of music, opera, musical theater, dance, film, discussions, and more.
Events get moving on Wednesday, June 1, with an Artists Round Table discussion with performers and staff for this season’s opera “Peter Grimes.” Metropolitan Museum and Princeton University art lecturer and member of the Princeton Friends of the Opera Marian Burleigh-Motely moderates, 6:30 p.m., at the Erdman Center, Princeton Theological Seminary, 20 Library Place, Princeton. Free.
Other events include:
The Fonic (pictured) and Break from Blue Collar, two a cappella vocal jazz ensembles, Saturday, June 4, 8 p.m., Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, Princeton University, $15 to $30.
Voices of Light, a live performance of an oratorio written and performed for “The Passion of Joan of Arc, “Thursday, June 9, 8:30 p.m., Princeton University Chapel, $15 to $50.
Concordia Chamber Players performing music by Benjamin Britten, Arvo Part, and Johannes Brahms Friday, June 10, 7:30 p.m., Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary, $35 to $45.
A Little Night Music, a musical comedy by Steven Sondheim, June 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 at 8 p.m., and Sundays June 12, 19, 26 at 4 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University, 185 Nassau Street, $35 to $65.
Piano Competition for Young Artists, Finals, Sunday, June 12, 3 p.m., Clark Music Center, The Lawrenceville School, free.
Peter Grimes, 20th century British composer Benjamin Britten’s opera, performed on Saturday, June 18, 8 p.m., Thursday, June 23, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, June 26, 3 p.m., McCarter Theater Center, Princeton, $30 to $140.
Organ Concert with music by 19th French composers Caesar Franck and Charles-Marie Widor, performed by Netherlands and Paris-trained performer Kristiaan Seynhave, Sunday, June 19, 3 p.m., Princeton University Chapel, $10 to $35.
Cecile McLorin Salvant, by Grammy Award winning, internationally known jazz vocalist, performs Sunday, June 19, 7 p.m., McCarter Theater, Princeton, $45 to $60.
Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra, Wednesday, June 22, 7:30 p.m., Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, $25.
Bach Cantatas, a choral concert with Dr. Jan Harrington’s conducting masterclass participants and the Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra and Chorus, Saturday, June 25, 5 p.m., Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, $10 to $20
Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Saturday, June 25, 8 p.m., McCarter Theater Center, Princeton, $15 to $45.
For more information and ticket orders, call 609-258-2787 visit princetonfestival.org.
