New Jersey’s premier performing arts extravaganza. Enjoy beautiful music, opera, and more within our tented pavilion on the grounds of beautiful Morven Museum & Garden. With opportunities for picnicking, socializing, and exploring the Museum's superb garden before events, the Princeton Festival is the place to be for relaxed, summertime entertainment!

Schedule:

Friday, June 7, 2024 - 8:00pm

Angel Blue with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra

The 2024 Princeton Festival opens with an operatic extravaganza! Superstar soprano Angel Blue, fresh off a season of performances in major houses both at home and abroad, joins the Princeton Symphony Orchestra for a program of favorite arias.

Program includes favorite arias by Puccini, Verdi, and Gershwin, and orchestra works by Dvo?ák, Puccini, Chapí, and Delius.

Performers:

Angel Blue, soprano
Rossen Milanov, conductor
Princeton Symphony Orchestra

Tickets: $50 - $150; Youth 5-17 half-price

Location: Performance Pavilion - Morven Museum & Garden

Get Tickets

Saturday, June 8, 2024 - 7:00pm

The Music of Tina Turner
The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll!

Join us as we celebrate Tina Turner, the iconic “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” with this all-new, live concert presentation centered on the trailblazing artist's mega hits such as “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” “Simply the Best,” “Proud Mary,” “River Deep, Mountain High,” and many others. With three prominent artists including Broadway star and American Idol finalist LaKisha Jones, plus guest conductor Lucas Waldin and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra.

This performance is made possible in part through the generosity of Anne VanLent and Corporate Partner Glenmede.

Tina Turner artwork by Eric McCue

Performers:

LaKisha Jones, vocalist
Nova Y. Payton, vocalist
Matthew Johnson, vocalist

Lucas Waldin, conductor
Princeton Symphony Orchestra

Tickets: $40 - $125; Youth 5-17 half-price

Location: Performance Pavilion - Morven Museum & Garden

Get Tickets

Sunday, June 9, 2024 - 4:00pm

Sonia De Los Santos
Family Concert

In this upbeat and joyful bilingual concert, Sonia De Los Santos and her band invite audiences to enjoy a delightful collection of original songs sung in Spanish and English. Nominated for a Latin Grammy®, Sonia was hailed by Billboard as “one of the Latin children’s music artists you should know.”  

Program:

It’s hard not to smile when Sonia is sharing some of her favorite things - migrating birds, friendship, chocolate, and anecdotes about growing up in Mexico and realizing her childhood dream of moving to New York.

Her songs are inspired by various Latin American rhythms like huapango, cumbia, salsa and festejo, as well as the North American folk traditions from the United States.

View Sonia's Complete Song List with translations.

Performers:

Sonia De Los Santos, singer, guitar and jarana
Erica Parra, drums
Sinuhé Padilla-Isunza, leona
Ludovica Burtone, violin
Berta Moreno, saxophone and clarinet

Tickets: $10 - $60; Youth tickets start at $5

Location: Performance Pavilion - Morven Museum & Garden

Get Tickets

Sunday, June 9, 2024 - 1:30pm to 3:30pm

Family Day at the Princeton Festival
Kid-Friendly Activities and Music

Children of all ages are invited to take part in free, kid-friendly activities including our instrument petting zoo, musical crafts, and taking a turn at our large toe-tap piano!

Stop by our Listen Up! Exhibit at 2:30 to see and support young artists who are part of our middle school program and created incredible works of art in response to our March concert.

It's all happening on the Colonial Lawn at Morven Museum and Garden!

Enjoy food prepared by our on-site vendors located behind the Main Museum building, in front of the Stockton Education Center.

Cap the day with tickets to see the 4pm concert featuring Sonia de los Santos in the Festival's performance pavilion! Family Fun Day is presented as community outreach with PSO BRAVO!, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra's education program.

Free and open to the public.

Location: The Colonial Lawn

Thursday, June 13, 2024 - 7:00pm

Abeo Quartet

Formed at Juilliard in 2018 and a prizewinner at major chamber music competitions, the Abeo Quartet is quickly establishing itself as one of the leading string quartets of its generation. In its debut Princeton Festival performance, the quartet presents works by Schubert, Shostakovich, and Esmail.

Program:

Reena ESMAIL / String Quartet “Ragamala”
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH / String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122
Franz SCHUBERT / String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, "Death and the Maiden"

Performers:

Abeo Quartet
Njioma Grevious, Violin
Rebecca Benjamin, Violin
James Kang, Viola
Macintyre Taback, Cello

Tickets: $40 and $65; Youth 5-17 half-price

Get Tickets

Friday, June 14, 2024 - 7:00pm
Sunday, June 16, 2024 - 4:00pm
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 7:00pm

Mozart's Così fan tutte

Enjoy a fresh production of Mozart’s beloved comic opera, a rollicking romantic comedy examining the difference between men and women. With stage direction by James Marvel, scenic design by Blair Mielnik, and score performed by the Princeton Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov.

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte

Sung in Italian with English titles.

These performances are made possible in part through the generosity of Yvonne Marcuse.

Performers:

Aubry Ballarò, Fiordiligi
Alexis Peart, Dorabella
David Walton, Ferrando
Benjamin Taylor, Guglielmo
Jeremy Harr, Don Alfonso
Zulimar López-Hernández, Despina

Rossen Milanov, conductor
Princeton Symphony Orchestra

Personnel:

James Marvel, Stage Director
Blair Mielnik, Scenic Designer
Marie Miller, Costume Designer/Costume Shop Supervisor
Paul Kilsdonk, Lighting Designer
Carissa Thorlakson, Wig and Makeup Designer
Cassie Goldbach, Production Stage Manager

Background art at top by Ruth Hernandez Lopez, CC

Tickets: $45 - $135; Youth 5-17 half-price

Location: Performance Pavilion - Morven Museum & Garden

Get Tickets

Saturday, June 15, 2024 - 7:00pm

Interwoven: American Repertory Ballet + PSO Strings

The PSO’s valued partnership with American Repertory Ballet continues with a program of dance works with a string ensemble conducted by Rossen Milanov. Featuring choreography by Arthur Mitchell and Meredith Rainey, with music by Glass, Grieg, Scripp, and Sibelius.

This performance is made possible in part through the generosity of Sue Howard.

American Repertory Ballet photo by Kyle Froman – from Holberg Suite, choreography by Arthur Mitchell, staging by Cassandra Phifer, dancers: Leandro Olcese, Clara Pevel, and Anthony Pototski, lighting by Jason Flamos, costumes by Janessa Cornell Urwin

Performers:

American Repertory Ballet

Rossen Milanov, conductor

Princeton Symphony Orchestra

Tickets: $20 - $75; Youth 5-17 half-price

Location: Performance Pavilion - Morven Museum & Garden

Get Tickets

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - 7:00pm

Juneteenth Celebration Honoring Black Choral Music

Choral conductor Vinroy D. Brown, Jr. of Westminster Choir College leads a choir drawn from the community and anchored by the Capital Singers of Trenton. The program will feature Robert Ray’s iconic Gospel Mass with additional choral selections highlighting the joy and spirit of Black music.

This performance is made possible in part through the generosity of Sarah Ringer.

Before the Concert:

1pm – Flag Raising with the Municipality of Princeton

4pm – "Let Freedom Ring" Booth

4-7pm – Community Celebration featuring anti-racist groups, social justice organizations, art organizations, and community groups. Register to participate by Clicking Here.

Performers:

Vinroy D. Brown, Jr., conductor
Capital Singers of Trenton
Capital Singers Women's Ensemble
Caritas Chamber Chorale
Elmwood Concert Singers
St. David the King
Union Baptist Church, Trenton

Tickets: $10 - $60; Youth 17 and under, half-price

Location: Performance Pavilion - Morven Museum & Garden

Get Tickets

Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 7:00pm

The Sebastians
Brandenburgs and More

Acclaimed baroque ensemble The Sebastians returns for its third Princeton Festival appearance with an exciting program featuring three of J.S. Bach’s beloved “Brandenburg” concerti along with classic works by Telemann and Vivaldi.

Program:

Georg Philipp TELEMANN / Concerto in A Major for Flute, Violin, and Cello
Johann Sebastian BACH / Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major
Johann Sebastian BACH / Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major
Antonio VIVALDI / Concerto in G Minor for Two Cellos
Johann Sebastian BACH / Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major

Performer:

The Sebastians, baroque ensemble

Tickets: $60 and $100; Youth 5-17 half-price

Get Tickets

Friday, June 21, 2024 - 7:00pm

Empire Wild

Empire Wild is a genre-bending, Juilliard-trained classical crossover trio featuring two cellos, piano, and vocals. In this captivating program, the group brings its signature mix of original music, inventive covers, and twists on the classical canon.

Performers:

Empire Wild
Ken Kubota, cello
Mitch Lyon, cello
Ji-Yong Kim, piano

Tickets: $20 - $75; Youth 5-17 half-price

Location: Performance Pavilion - Morven Museum & Garden

Get Tickets

Saturday, June 22, 2024 - 7:00pm

An Evening with Santino Fontana

Tony Award-winning actor Santino Fontana, known on Broadway for his star turns in Tootsie and Cinderella, television roles in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Sisters, and voicing Prince Hans in Disney's animated film Frozen, joins the Princeton Festival line-up with an entertaining, cabaret-style evening. Accompanied by piano, he sings delightful renditions of Broadway melodies while regaling audience members with anecdotes gleaned from performing on stage and screen.*

Performers:
Santino Fontana, vocalist

Tickets: $35 - $120; Youth 5-17 half-price

Location: Performance Pavilion - Morven Museum & Garden

Get Tickets

Date: June 7 - 22, 2024

Click Here For More Information....