Geraldine Freedman

COOPERSTOWN — The Glimmerglass Festival on Friday will open a season of favorite operas sure to entertain as well as intrigue. “I wanted the season to reflect America's 250th anniversary [in a way] that is meant to connect to the world we live in,” said Rob Ainsley, the company's artistic and general director. “The theater is one of the few civilized places to discuss things in a respectful way.” The opening will feature Rodgers and Hammerstein's “Oklahoma,” which will get 10 performances.

CAROGA — The mood was so upbeat and friendly at the Caroga Arts Ensemble's first orchestral concert of the season, it was like a gathering of old friends. There was the new shed, where the crowd inside was in touching distance of the musicians, while the rest of the crowd occupied the entire parking lot. There was Albany Symphony Orchestra music director David Alan Miller conducting.

SARATOGA — New York City Ballet will celebrate its 60th anniversary at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center with the July 8 opening of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” —the same ballet the company performed at the venue’s grand opening in July 1966. While the ballet provides for SPAC, it is also something of a full-circle event for two of its dancers, Daniel Ulbricht and Grace Scheffel, as well as a huge crowd pleaser for local audiences.