The Castleton Festival is pleased to announce an addition to its inaugural season: a free symphonic concert with the Festival Orchestra at 11:00am on Thursday, July 16, at the Festival Tent. Ten young conductors from around the world, participants in the Lorin Maazel Master Classes with Rolex as the Founding Partner, will offer a program of orchestral and operatic favorites. The conductors have been in residence at the Festival working...

Tuesday, July 14th at 7:30 pm the Castleton Festival presents a screening of The Legacy. The Legacy is a documentary that explores the hope, dignity, and joy that the pursuit of excellence engenders in a human being. The films follows the lives of nine young musicians as they tour South America as part of The Youth Orchestra of the Americas (YOA) and then return to their hometowns. Along the way, we get to know the nobility of ...

2009 Castleton Festival Opening Weekend Celebration The inaugural Castleton Festival begins this weekend with performances of Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw and - in the comfort of the newly constructed Festival Tent - The Beggar's Opera .  On July 4th, you are invited to Castleton Farms for a FREE open house - music, food, fun and plenty of surprises.   Invite family, friends, and neighbors to ...

We are delighted to announce a special evening during the inaugural Castleton Festival. Thanks to the generous support of UBS Financial Services, Inc., a leading sponsor of the Festival, we are able to offer a “door-to-door” excursion from Washington, DC to Rappahannock County, Virginia on Thursday, July 16, 2009 for one of the Festival’s centerpiece opera performances: John Gay’s theatrical landmark The Beggar...

After weeks of preparation and construction the Festival welcomes a new venue: "The Festival Tent".  The rigorous building project included the set up of light rigging, the construction of a large wooden stage and seating structure, and the installation of air conditioning. The state of the art "Festival Tent" welcomes a production of Britten's The Beggar's Opera, which premieres Sunday, July 5th and...