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Ash Lawn Opera is an opera company, founded in 1978 in Charlottesville, Virginia. For the company's first thirty years performances were held in the boxwood garden at Ash Lawn-Highland, the home of President James Monroe. Since 2009 performances have been held at the renovated Paramount Theater in downtown Charlottesville.〔Blackwell & Causey 2005, ("Close Up: Ashlawn Festival" ), pp. 341—342〕 Ash Lawn Opera currently produces four original productions each season: a semi-staged concert opera in the spring; a full-length opera and a musical in the summer; and a holiday opera in December. In addition to the standard operatic repertoire,〔(Ash Lawn's past seasons' programs ) on ashlawnopera.com〕 Ash Lawn Opera's productions have included American musicals and 20th century American operas such as Carlisle Floyd's ''Susannah'',〔("Ash Lawn Opera Announces First Year-Round Season" ) on charlottesvillearts.org. Retrieved 8 June 2014〕 as well as such pieces as Leonard Bernstein's ''Candide''.〔Jane Dunlap Norris, ("''Candide'' unites Oratorio Society and Ash Lawn Opera for semi-staged Bernstein gem" ), ''The Daily Progress'' (Charlottesville), May 2, 2014〕 Ash Lawn Opera also provides a wide range of educational programs for youth and adults; professional training for emerging artists and interns; and seeks to enrich the cultural vitality and quality of life in Virginia and the mid-Atlantic region.〔Mary Burruss, ("Ash Lawn Opera’s ''Amahl and the Night Visitors'' builds community" ) on ''C-Ville Weekly''. Retrieved 8 June 2014〕 ==References== Notes Sources *(Ash Lawn Opera website ) * Blackwell, Mary Alice; Anne Patterson Causey (2005), ''Insiders' Guide to Virginia's Blue Ridge'', 9th edition. Insiders' Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7627-3460-3. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ash Lawn Opera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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