August 18, 2021 by Heidi Waleson, The Wall Street Journal
“Francesca Zambello, the general and artistic director of the Glimmerglass Festival, knows how to improvise. With Covid-19 restrictions on live performances and gatherings still in flux as she planned her summer season, she shifted the operation outdoors onto the lawn next to the company’s theater…While not the ideal way to experience opera, Glimmerglass on the Grass, as the season, which ran July 15-Aug. 17 proved an enjoyable, more casual experience, revised to work in an unsettled time.”