Bard Music Festival 2026: "Mozart and His World"

The Bard Music Festival returns with an intensive two-week exploration of the life and times of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart. The festival features a broad schedule of programs and panel discussions.

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2026 Schedule 

July 30 

• Resident Artists Recital, performance, Olin Hall, 7 p.m.

Aug. 7 

• Bard Music Festival Opening Night Social, Manor House, 5 p.m.

• “The Many Facets of Mozart,” performance and commentary, Sosnoff Theater, Fisher Center, 7 p.m.

Aug. 8

• "Gottlieb or Amadé? Who was Mozart?" panel discussion and Q&A, Olin Hall, 10 a.m.

• "Fathers and Sons," performance with preconcert talk, Olin Hall, 1:30 p.m.

• "Mozart and Prague," performance with preconcert talk, Sosnoff Theater, 7 p.m.

Aug. 9

• "Theatrical Life in Vienna: Hanswurst, Leporello, and Papageno," performance and commentary, Olin Hall, 11 a.m.

• "Rivalries and Conspiracies," performance with preconcert talk, Sosnoff Theater, 3 p.m.

Aug. 13

• "I live with God ever before me: Mozart’s Religion," performance, Church of the Messiah (6436 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck), 7 p.m.

Aug. 14

• "Beauty, Charity, and Reason," performance and preconcert talk, Sosnoff Theater, 7 p.m.

Aug. 15

• "The Age of What? Absolutism and Enlightenment or Revolution and Romanticism," panel discussion and Q&A, Olin Hall, 10 a.m.

• "The Pinnacle of Achievement," performance and preconcert talk, Olin Hall, 1:30 p.m.

• "Friends, Family, and Students," performance and preconcert talk, Sosnoff Theater, 7 p.m.

Aug. 16

• "A Lasting Influence: Mozart’s Legacy," performance with preconcert talk, Olin Hall, 11:30 a.m. 

• "Too Beautiful: Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio," performance and preconcert talk, Sosnoff Theater, 3 p.m.