Clark Art Institute to Air Met Opera's 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia'

08:23AM / Tuesday, May 27, 2025Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute will present a broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera's production of "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" on Saturday, May 31, at 1 p.m.

This screening is the final installment of the 2024–25 season of The Met: Live in HD and will be shown in the auditorium within the Manton Research Center.

The broadcast will include the complete performance along with backstage interviews and commentary. Rossini's opera features a cast led by Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina as Rosina and American tenor Jack Swanson as Count Almaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky will portray Figaro, the barber of Seville, with Hungarian bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio. Giacomo Sagripanti will conduct Bartlett Sher's production.

Tickets are priced at $25 ($22 for members, $18 for students, and $5 for children 15 and under). Advance registration is encouraged due to limited seating. Tickets can be purchased at clarkart.edu/events or by calling the box office at 413 458 0524. Tickets are nonrefundable.

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Reverend: Christian Nationalists Make Jesus Victim of 'Identity Theft'

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
08:08AM / Sunday, October 04, 2026

David Langston introduces the Rev. Darrell Goodwin on Wednesday morning.

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Rev. Darrell Goodwin told attendees at Wednesday's "PrayAction Breakfast" that they need more action to make their prayer effective.

"Sometimes prayer causes us to be in deep reflection," Goodwin told the group gathered at the Williamstown Meetinghouse. "And years and years and years pass, and we've actually done nothing about it.

"Our physical belief system is somehow: Say the words to God, and it becomes God's responsibility, and we've done our part because we've told God exactly what to do."

Goodwin, the president of the United Church of Christ's Southern New England Conference, was invited to Williamstown by First Congregational Church to speak on "The Challenge of Christian Nationalism."

And Goodwin challenged his listeners to take meaningful action to confront and address the ideology in their daily lives.

Christian Nationalism, which Goodwin referred to as White Christian Nationalism, is a perversion of Christ's teachings, he said.

"What does it mean to be spiritually grounded but practically committed?" Goodwin asked rhetorically. "This morning I've been asked to come here to talk about Christian Nationalism, but I think it would be remiss if I didn't say White Christian Nationalism. I want to name all three of these words because each tells us something that we must do.

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