Artists Round Table Returns To Princeton Festival For Third Year

PRINCETON, NJ — Artists and production staff from the Princeton Festival’s production of Beethoven’s “Fidelio” will share their personal experiences with the audience during an interactive forum on Wednesday, May 31. The Princeton Festival Guild’s Artists Round Table will take place at the Princeton Theological Seminary Scheide Hall, 6:30 p.m. It is the third year for the event.

Richard Tang Yuk, Artistic Director of The Princeton Festival and Stephen LaCosse, Stage Director of The Princeton Festival’s production of “Fidelio” will participate, along with principal singers from the production. Marian Burleigh-Motley, renowned interviewer and lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will moderate.

They will regale attendees with tales about the pleasures and perils faced both on stage and off as the artists bring the opera to life for its opening performance. The Artists Round Table offers a rare opportunity to meet the artists up close and hear in their own voice how they develop their roles, interpretations and insights.

The event is free and open to the public. Visitor parking is available on the Princeton Theological Seminary campus. An artists reception follows.

Visit princetonfestival.org/event/2017-artists-round-table for more information about the Artists Round Table.

The Princeton Festival presents Beethoven’s “Fidelio,”on June 18 and 25 at McCarter Theatre. For ticket information and a complete listing of The Princeton Festival, visit www.princetonfestival.org or call 609-258-ARTS (2787).

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