Cooperstown, NY: Alice Busch Opera Theatre

Country: United States of America
State: New York
City: Cooperstown
Location: 3700 New York State Route 80 / Cary Mede Lane

Built 1987 by Hugh Hardy. Opened June 1987. Named after the donor Alice "Pummie" Busch Gronewaldt (1904-1995). Home to the "Glimmerglass Festival" summer opera festival. 914 seats.

[Note: This theatre is located within the area of the town of Springfield, but it is always associated with nearby Cooperstown.]

Notable world premieres:

  • John Musto: Later the Same Evening (2007)
  • Jeanine Tesori: A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck (2011)
  • Jeanine Tesori: Blue (2019)

Links: glimmerglass.org, Wikipedia: Festival, Wikidata: Theatre

Cooperstown, NY: Alice Busch Opera Theatre Reverse Text: "Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown, New York", "Alice Busch Opera Theatre. Hugh Hardy, Architect, 1987
Publisher: Glimmerglass Opera
Size: Modern
Sent: from the United States to Ravensburg (Germany), 2000

Permanent link: https://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/id/7180

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