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Berkshire Opera Festival: Verdi’s “Falstaff,” Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington, Mass. 1 p.m. Saturday; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. $20-$99. 413-528-0100 or mahaiwe.org. One of only two comedies written by Verdi and his final opera (written when Verdi was almost 80 years old), “Falstaff” tells Shakespeare’s story of Sir John Falstaff’s fruitless search for money by writing love letters to wealthy women and the hilarious trouble that ensues. Chamber Music: House Blend Concert III, PS21, 2980 Route 66, Chatham. 8 p.m. Thursday. $10-$45. 518-392-6121 or ps21chatham.org. Performing works by Luigi Dallapicolla, Aaron Copland and György Ligeti.
“Harmony,” Oscar Seagle Memorial Theatre, 999 Charley Hill Road, Schroon Lake. 7:30 p.m. Friday. $35. 518-5327875 or seaglefestival.org. A world premiere opera by Robert Carl and Russell Banks. Set in Keene Valley, NY, with numerous Adirondack references, it tells the story of young composer Charles Ives, his love for high-class Harmony Twichell, and the interference of Twichell family friend Mark Twain in their betrothal – based on true events.
“La Boheme,” Oscar Seagle Memorial Theatre, 999 Charley Hill Road, Schroon Lake. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. $35. 518-5327875 or seaglefestival.org. An abridged version of Puccini’s beloved four-act opera about the Bohemian lifestyle of a poor seamstress and her artist friends in 1830’s Paris.
“The Old Maid and the Thief,” Oscar Seagle Memorial Theatre, 999 Charley Hill Road, Schroon Lake. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. $35. 518-532-7875 or seaglefestival.org. Menotti’s radio opera tells of the ruin that can come from lies and assumptions.
Lake George Music Festival: “1, 5, or 8 more for the road,” Carriage House at Fort William Henry, 48 Canada St., Lake George. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. $25. 518-791-5089 or lakegeorgemusicfestival.com. The program includes: “Ripple” (2021), Chin Ting Chan, world premiere, commissioned by and written for Barbora Kolárová, solo violin; “Soirée de Vienne,” Paraphrase on “Fledermaus” (1926), Johann Strauss/alfred Grünfeld; Afro-cuban Concerto (2001), Valerie Coleman; Octet in E flat Major, Op. 20 (1825), Felix Mendelssohn.
Lake George Music Festival: Family Concert , Shepard Park, Canada Street, Lake George. 11 a.m. Saturday. Free. 518-791-5089 or lakegeorgemusicfestival.com. A fun program for all ages, but especially those 12 and younger. Featuring the New York premiere of “The Mystery of the Missing Music” by composer Jordan Kuspa. Roger Kalia conducts the Lake George Music Festival Chamber Orchestra with actors from the Adirondack Theater Festival. There will also be a collection of donated instruments for local music students in need.
Lake George Music Festival: Hub New Music Ensemble, Carriage House at Fort William Henry, 48 Canada St., Lake George. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. $25. 518-791-5089 or lakegeorgemusicfestival.com. The program includes: “Wavelengths” (2019), Takuma Itoh; “Missing Words XI” (2020), Eric Nathan; “Rogue Emoji” (2019), Kati Agócs.
Lake George Music Festival: “Last Trumpet over Florence ,” Carriage House at Fort William Henry, 48 Canada St., Lake George. 7:30 p.m. Monday. $25. 518-791-5089 or lakegeorgemusicfestival.com. The program includes: “Swan Song” (2013), David Serkin Ludwig; Serenata Op. 46 (1927), Alfredo Casella; Quintet in A minor for Piano and Strings (1936), Florence Price.
Lake George Music Festival: “LGMF Symphony Orchestra ,” Carriage House at Fort William Henry, 48 Canada St., Lake George. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. $35. 518-791-5089 or lakegeorgemusicfestival.com. The grand finale of the 2021 season, featuring the full orchestra comprised of its resident musicians. Roger Kalia conducts.
Lake George Music Festival: “A ride on the jolly S.S. Tigor,” Carriage House at Fort William Henry, 48 Canada St., Lake George. 7:30 p.m. Friday. $25. 518-791-5089 or lakegeorgemusicfestival.com. The program includes: Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, Op. 124 (1907), Camille Saint-saëns; “Three Sarabandes”: dance suite for string quartet (2018), Molly Herron; “Furtive movements” (2014), Ted Hearne; “Monochrome” (2005), Jonathan Bailey Holland; “The Firebird” (1910), Igor Stravinsky.
Lake George Music Festival: Rhythm Method Quartet , Carriage House at Fort William Henry, 48 Canada St., Lake George. 1 p.m. Saturday. $10. 518-7915089 or lakegeorgemusicfestival.com.
Performing new compositions by our student composers. Lake George Music Festival: “Strings old and new, borrowed and blue,” Carriage House at Fort William Henry, 48 Canada St., Lake George. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. $25. 518-7915089 or lakegeorgemusicfestival.com. The program includes: Quartet for four violins (1949), Grazyna Bacewicz; Trio for oboe, trombone and piano (1985), Ronald Roseman; “A String Quartet Is Like a Flock of Birds,” nine meditations and dances for string quartet (2020), Paul Novak; Rhapsody in Blue (1924), George Gershwin.
Maya Beiser x Philip Glass, Hudson Hall at Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren St., Hudson. 7 p.m. Saturday. $25-$35. 518-822-1438 or hudsonhall.org. Cellist, arranger and producer Beiser is joined by an all-star group of cellists to perform works by Glass. “Songs to the Moon: Mad
Scenes, Love Songs and Other Lunar Events,” The Sembrich, 4800 Lake Shore Drive, Lake George. 6 p.m. Saturday. $40. 518-644-9839 or thesembrich.org. An evening of art song and opera featuring the 2018 Grand Prize winner of the Kosciuszko Foundation’s Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition, lyric soprano Alexandra Nowakowski, flutist Edward Wargo, and pianist Michael Clement in a program that revels in the allure of the moon. Includes works by Douglas Moore, Dvorak, Verdi, Donizetti
and the premiere of a new arrangement of “Moonrise,” prepared especially for this performance, based on the final scene from Richard Wargo’s Chekhov-inspired opera, “A Visit to the Country.”
POP, ROCK, FOLK, COUNTRY AND JAZZ
Julia Alsarraf, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall Courtyard, 30 Second St., Troy. 6 p.m. Saturday. Free. 518-273-0038 or troymusichall.org. Singersongwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Part of the Summer Square Concert Series.
Andy Karl and Orfeh: “Legally Bound,” Barrington Stage Company, BSC Production Center, 34 Laurel St., Pittsfield, Mass. 8 p.m. Monday. $35-$100. 413-236-8888 or barringtonstagecompany.org. The married Broadway stars (“Saturday Night Fever,” “Pretty Woman,” “Groundhog Day”) celebrate the release of their new album with a concert of pop, rock and rhythm and blues songs, as well as showtunes. Stephanie J. Block, The Colonial Theatre, 111 South St., Pittsfield, Mass. 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday. $100-$150. 413-9974444 or berkshiretheatregroup.org. The reigning Tony winner for best actress in a musical (“The Cher Show”) gives her first live performance since March 2020, singing songs on the theme of returning home. Brandi Carlile with Mavis Staples, Tanglewood, Koussevitzky
Music Shed, 297 West St., Lenox, Mass. 7 p.m. Saturday. $18-$149. 413-637-5180 or tanglewood.org. The awardwinning, Americana singersongwriter, welcomes the soul legend as her special guest. Brian Mitchell & Friends, Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St., Woodstock. 8 p.m. Friday. $35-$45. 845-684-7133 or bearsvilletheater.com. Wellknown throughout the industry for several decades, the veteran keyboard and harmonica player celebrates the release of his new album, “Songs from the Lower East Side,” along with special guest Scott Sharrard. Broadway Revue, Oscar Seagle Memorial Theatre, 999 Charley Hill Road, Schroon Lake. 2 p.m. Saturday. $35. 518-532-7875 or seaglefestival.org. The session 2 Seagle Festival emerging artists perform a rollicking concert of duets and ensembles from your favorite Broadway shows.
Josh Casano, The Crossings, 580 Albany Shaker Road, Albany. 6 p.m. Thursday. Free. 518-783-2670 or colonie.org. Singer-songwriter.
Dust Bowl Faeries, The Linda, WAMC’S Performing Arts Studio, 339 Central Ave., Albany. 8 p.m. Thursday. $15. 518-4655233 or thelinda.org. The dark-carnival band from the Hudson Valley brings their eclectic repertoire of songs drawing inspiration from circus, post-punk and Eastern European folk music. With special guest poet R.M. Engelhardt.
Henry Fernandez Quartet ,
Jay and State streets, Schenectady. Noon Thursday. Free. 518-382-3884 or albanyjazz.com. Performing as part of Jazz on Jay.
David Frost, Eden Café, 269 Osborne Road, Albany. 4:30 p.m. Monday. 518-977-3771 or edenasc.com. Singer-songwriter.
Scott Fultz, The Strand Theatre, 210 Main St., Hudson Falls. 7 p.m. Thursday. Free. 518-3219652 or mystrandtheater.org. Singer-songwriter.
Dave Gallagher, Eden Café, 269 Osborne Road, Albany. 5:30 p.m. Monday. 518-9773771 or edenasc.com. Acoustic. GEO Beat, Old Iron Springs Park, 198 Front Street, Ballston Spa. 6 p.m. Thursday. Free. 518-885-2772 or ballston.org. World jazz.
Harmony Rocks, Powers Park, 420 2nd Ave., Troy. 6 p.m. Saturday. Free. facebook.com/ powersparkconcerts. Classic
rock.
Hot Club of Saratoga, Hubbard Hall, 25 E. Main St., Cambridge. 6 p.m. Saturday. Free. 518-677-2495 or musicfromsalem.org. Hot club-style jazz. James Taylor & His All-star Band, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs. 7 p.m. Tuesday. $39-$310. 800-7453000 or spac.org. The legendary singer-songwriter and friends finally perform their postponed concert, and they’ve brought along fellow music icon Jackson Browne as their very special guest.
Joe Barna’s Jazz Birthday Bash, The Strand Theatre, 210 Main St., Hudson Falls. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. 518-321-9652 or mystrandtheater.org. The veteran jazz drummer-composerbandleader from Troy performs with friends.
Judy Collins and Richard Thompson, Tanglewood, Koussevitzky Music Shed, 297 West St., Lenox, Mass. 2:30 p.m. Sunday. $12-$99. 413637-5180 or tanglewood.org. The American folk-pop singer and songwriter and the British folk-rocker team up, and bring Jesse Colin Young along as their special guest.
Julian Lage & Dave King, Levon Helm Studios, 160 Plochmann Lane, Woodstock. 8 p.m. Friday. $30-$45. 845-6792744 or levonhelm.com. Multigenre guitar wizard and jazz drummer team up.
King Crimson, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, 108 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs. 7:30 p.m. Monday. $36-$179. 800-745-3000 or spac.org. The ultimate prog-rock band returns on their “Music Is Our Friend” tour. Special guests: The Zappa Band.
Liraz, Music Haven, Central Park, Schenectady. 7 p.m. Sunday. Free. 518-660-0675 or musichavenstage.org. The Israeli-iranian superstar crosses borders to offer up some danceable Middle Eastern pop music. The Lost Radio Rounders , Troy Savings Bank Music Hall Courtyard, 30 Second St., Troy. 6 p.m. Friday. Free. 518-2730038 or troymusichall.org. Acoustic Americana duo Michael Eck and Tom Lindsay perform classic songs, ballads and sing-alongs from the Civil War to the Civil Rights era. Part of the Summer Square Concert Series. With Paul “Bowtie” Jossman.
Michael Franti & Spearhead, Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany. 8 p.m. Saturday. $34.75-$79.75. 800-7453000
or palacealbany.org. A band that blends hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk and rock, led by the singer, musician, rapper, poet, activist and filmmaker.
David Moore, Hudson Crossing Park, County Road 42, Schuylerville. 5 p.m. Saturday. $20-$30. 518-350-7275 or hudsoncrossingpark.org. Playing a variety of Celtic, Americana, pop and rock music. Garland Nelson, Congress Park, 268 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Free. 518-587-3241 or saratoga.com. Soul, pop and more.
The Oldies Show , Brunswick Community Center, 18 Keyes Lane, Troy. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Free. 518-279-3461 or townofbrunswick.org. Music from the 50s and 60s.
Lido Pimienta, MASS MOCA, 1040 MASS MOCA Way, North Adams, Mass. 8 p.m. Friday. $25-$35. 413-662-2111 or massmoca.org. Self-described “Afro/indigenous/colombian/ Canadian/punk/folklorist/traditionalist/transgressive/diva/ angel .”
The Roots, MASS MOCA, 1040 MASS MOCA Way, North Adams, Mass. 8 p.m. Sunday. $60-$125. 413-662-2111 or massmoca.org. The influential and pioneering Philadelphia hip hop outfit and house band for “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” performs.
Sean Rowe, Hillview Farm, 54
MC Clay Road, Greenwich. 4 p.m. Saturday. $20. 917-6208511 or argylebrewing.com. The local and nationally known indie folk-rock singer-songwriter and naturalist, who also possesses a voice like a mile of gravel road covered in honey.
Run for Cover, The Strand Theatre, 210 Main St., Hudson Falls. 8 p.m. Friday. $10. 518321-9652 or mystrandtheater.org. A double-feature of tributes to Rush and Black Sabbath.
Running the River, Mabee Farm Historic Site, 1100 Main St., Rotterdam Junction. 7 p.m. Thursday. Free. 518-374-0263 or schenectadyhistorical.org. A unique blend of classic country, rock, folk, blues and fiddle tunes. With Everest Rising. Rusticator, Freedom Park, 5 Schonowee Ave., Scotia. 7 p.m. Saturday. Free. 518-312-8646 or freedomparkscotia.com. Acoustic Americana band. Sirsy , Freedom Park, 5 Schonowee Ave., Scotia. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Free. 518-3128646 or freedomparkscotia.com. Married rock duo.
Storm Front, Schaghticoke Summer Eve’s Concert, 290 Northline Drive, Schaghticoke. 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Free. 518753-6915. Billy Joel tribute act. The Switch, Rogers Memorial Park, 4928 Lake Shore Drive, Bolton Landing. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Free. 518-644-9442 or bol
tonchamber.com. Blues and funk band.
Upbeat on the Roof: Heavenly Echoes, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs. 6 p.m. Thursday. Free. 518-580-8080 or tang.skidmore.edu. Southern-style gospel.
The Wanda Houston Band, The Mount, 2 Plunkett St., Lenox, Mass. 5 p.m. Thursday. $15-$20. 413-551-5111 or edithwharton.org. A dynamic blend of classic jazz, R&B, adult contemporary and rock.
Brian Zapel , Hanover Square Building, 435 New Karner Road, Colonie. 7 p.m. Friday. $12 (includes beverages and snacks). 518-452-6883. Guitarist and singer performs music for dancing.